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Leaf..
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Low, erect and tufted, rhizomatous-spreading forbs on silty calcareous soils of relatively flat grassy plain cut by shallow brushy drainage of meandering creek. Laciniate foliage
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Slo.: grmiasti vrednik - Habitat: ruderal ground, poorly maintained garden next to a road, flat terrain, partly sunny, dry place, calcareous ground; elevation 115 m (380 feet); average precipitations ~ 900-1000 mm/year, average temperature 13-15 deg C, sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Teucrium fruticans is almost a bush, many times well over 1 m tall. It is the tallest plant of this genus in this region. Its origin is west Mediterranean. However, it has been widely cultivated as an ornamental also in other parts of it, where it escaped gardens. Today it can be found also in the wild, mostly in garrigue and maquis, often near the coast, also on semi ruderal ground. East shore of Adriatic Sea is at the east edge of its occurrence in the wild. All plants of genus Teucrium have very beautifully and characteristically shaped flowers within the mint (called also deadnettle) family (Lamiaceae = Labiatae) in spite of their very diverse habitus (plants range from green, ground spreading species, only a few cm high, to woody trees more than 2 m tall). Corolla looks like it is single lobed, but actually all five petals characteristic for Lamiaceae are grown together in a single large lobe. This is at the same time quite easy and reliable trait for association of plants to this genus. Ref.: (1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 200. (2) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora Fr Istrien, Verlag Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins fr Krnten (2014), p 572. (3) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 389. (4) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 170.
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A common perennial of arid mountians in the Middle East.
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A common perennial of arid mountians in the Middle East.
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Flowers..
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Low, erect and tufted, rhizomatous-spreading forbs on silty calcareous soils of relatively flat grassy plain cut by shallow brushy drainage of meandering creek. Laciniate foliage
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Slo.: grmiasti vrednik - Habitat: ruderal ground, poorly maintained garden next to a road, flat terrain, partly sunny, dry place, calcareous ground; elevation 115 m (380 feet); average precipitations ~ 900-1000 mm/year, average temperature 13-15 deg C, sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Teucrium fruticans is almost a bush, many times well over 1 m tall. It is the tallest plant of this genus in this region. Its origin is west Mediterranean. However, it has been widely cultivated as an ornamental also in other parts of it, where it escaped gardens. Today it can be found also in the wild, mostly in garrigue and maquis, often near the coast, also on semi ruderal ground. East shore of Adriatic Sea is at the east edge of its occurrence in the wild. All plants of genus Teucrium have very beautifully and characteristically shaped flowers within the mint (called also deadnettle) family (Lamiaceae = Labiatae) in spite of their very diverse habitus (plants range from green, ground spreading species, only a few cm high, to woody trees more than 2 m tall). Corolla looks like it is single lobed, but actually all five petals characteristic for Lamiaceae are grown together in a single large lobe. This is at the same time quite easy and reliable trait for association of plants to this genus. Ref.: (1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 200. (2) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora Fr Istrien, Verlag Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins fr Krnten (2014), p 572. (3) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 389. (4) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 170.
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Teucrium orientale is a common perennial of the arid Middle East Mts. Here u can see its fruits - which r mericarps located in the calyx.
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Teucrium orientale is a common perennial of the arid Middle East Mts. Here u can see its fruits - which r mericarps located in the calyx.
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Low, erect and tufted, rhizomatous-spreading forbs on silty calcareous soils of relatively flat grassy plain cut by shallow brushy drainage of meandering creek. Laciniate foliage
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This is a tiny flower, in the next days I will post the whole branch. Teucrium parviflorum is an endangered species in Israel, it grows sin deep alluvial soils that are used for agriculture and aforestation.
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This is a tiny flower, in the next days I will post the whole branch. Teucrium parviflorum is an endangered species in Israel, it grows sin deep alluvial soils that are used for agriculture and aforestation.
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Low, erect and tufted, rhizomatous-spreading forbs on silty calcareous soils of relatively flat grassy plain cut by shallow brushy drainage of meandering creek. Laciniate foliage
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and here is a whole branch...
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and here is a whole branch...
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Low, erect and tufted, rhizomatous-spreading forbs on silty calcareous soils of relatively flat grassy plain cut by shallow brushy drainage of meandering creek. Laciniate foliage
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Teucrium polium is a common shrublet of hte Mediterranean region and SW Asia. In Israel it is one of the few species that occurs from the north (Mt Hermon whehre this was taken) to the far south (Eilat near the Red Sea). It is quite variable and often called in different names is each regions (in the Mediterranean it is sometimes called T. capitatum). It has scented-medicinal leaves. Leaf infusion is healthy but not really tasty. The whole plant is silvery-felted, hence loosing less evaporating water.
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Teucrium polium is a common shrublet of hte Mediterranean region and SW Asia. In Israel it is one of the few species that occurs from the north (Mt Hermon whehre this was taken) to the far south (Eilat near the Red Sea). It is quite variable and often called in different names is each regions (in the Mediterranean it is sometimes called T. capitatum). It has scented-medicinal leaves. Leaf infusion is healthy but not really tasty. The whole plant is silvery-felted, hence loosing less evaporating water.
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Low, erect and tufted, rhizomatous-spreading forbs on silty calcareous soils of relatively flat grassy plain cut by shallow brushy drainage of meandering creek. Laciniate foliage. Note forked pistil
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These are the fruits of a rare local endemic perennial.
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These are the fruits of a rare local endemic perennial.