Phlomis fruticosa

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Phlomis fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Phlomis Species: P. fruticosa
Binomial name
Phlomis fruticosa

Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem Sage) is a perennial herb of the Lamiaceae family, native to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

Phlomis fruticosa is a small shrub, up to 4 feet tall, popular in ornamental gardens for its foliage, scent, and flowers. Yellow, tubular flowers grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes. Sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 2-4 inches long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs.

[edit] References

• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network entry
• Michigan State University entry
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