Biology:Teucrium montanum
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Short description: Species of shrub
| Mountain germander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Teucrium |
| Species: | T. montanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Teucrium montanum | |
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Teucrium montanum, the mountain germander, is a germander native to southern Europe, from Spain eastward to Turkey.[1][2] It forms shrubs about a foot high, with small leaves no more than an inch across, and petals blooming yellowish white. On south-facing mountain slopes, it can be found as far up as 2400 meters in the Alps.[3][not specific enough to verify]
The plant was known to the ancient Greeks, one of several plants named χαμαίπιτυς, as mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Latin work Historia Naturalis.[4]
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized: the nominate subspecies T. m. montanum, and T. m. helianthemoides (Adamovic) Baden.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Teucrium montanum L.". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460563-1.
- ↑ "Search". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/search?query=Teucrium+montanum.
- ↑ Bollinger, Markus (1986). Arbustos. Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 84-87535-15-1.
- ↑ "Greek-English Lexicon". Tufts. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aalphabetic+letter%3D*x%3Aentry+group%3D8%3Aentry%3Dxamai%2Fpitus.
Wikidata ☰ Q159340 entry
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