Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Gray Creeping Germander
Description
Genus Teucrium
Herbs or subshrubs
, with rhizomes or stolons. Stems erect
or ascending
, simple
or branched from base
. Leaves simple, petiolate
or subsessile
, cordate to lanceolate, penniveined. Verticillasters
2-6-flowered, in false spikes, terminal
racemes
, or panicles of racemes; bracts rhombic-ovate to linear-lanceolate, margin
entire or dentate
. Calyx 10-veined, throat
glabrous
to pilose
annulate
; tube
tubular
to campanulate
, swollen in front at base; limb equally 5-toothed to 2-lipped, upper lip 3-toothed, lower lip 2-toothed. Corolla 1-lipped; tube included or exserted, not hairy
annulate inside; limb 5-lobed, with middle
lobe
circular or spatulate
, occasionally 2-lobulate; lateral
lobes 4, small. Stamens 4, anterior 2 slightly longer
, all exserted from posterior sinus
of corolla; anther
cells
divaricate
. Ovary globose
. Style equal to or slightly longer than stamens, equally or subequally 2-cleft at apex. Nutlets
obovoid
, glabrous, smooth
to netted
, areole ca.
1/2 as long as nutlet
.
Approximately 260 species: worldwide, but abundant in the Mediterranean region; 18 species in China.[1]
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: lavender, violet
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 15-18" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Labiatae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Ajugoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Ajugoideae
(
- Family:
Labiatae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Teucrium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 35 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
T. aroanium (Gray Creeping Germander) · T. bicolor (Oreganillo) · T. botrys (Cut Leaved Germander) · T. canadense (American Germander) · T. canadense var. canadense (Virginia Germander) · T. canadense var. hypoleucum (Canada Germander) · T. canadense var. occidentale (American Germander) · T. chamaedrys (Creeping Germander) · T. chamaedrys 'Nanum' (Dwarf Wall Germander) · T. chamaedrys 'Prostratum' (Wall Germander) · T. chamaedrys 'Summer Sunshine' (Wall Germander) · T. cossonii 'Majoricum' (Fruity Germander) · T. cubense (Small Coastal Germander) · T. cubense var. cubense (Small Coastal Germander) · T. cubense var. densum (Small Coastal Germander) · T. cubense var. laevigatum (Small Coastal Germander) · T. divaricatum (Germander) · T. fruticans (Shrubby Germander) · T. fruticans 'Azurea' (Shrubby Germander) · T. fruticans 'Azureum' (Azure Bush Germander) · T. glandulosum (Common Germander) · T. hircanicum (Germander) · T. hircanicum 'Paradise Delight' (Paradise Delight Germander) · T. hyrcanicum (Caucasian Germander) · T. hyrcanicum 'Purple Tails' (Caucasian Germander) · T. laciniatum (Germander) · T. lucidum (Germander) · T. marum (Cat Thyme Germander) · T. orientale (Oriental Germander) · T. polium (Felty Germander) · T. pyrenaicum (Pyrenean Germander) · T. scorodonia (Wood Sage) · T. scorodonia 'Crispum' (Wood Sage) · T. viscidum (Germander) · T. viscidum 'Lemon and Lime' (Lemon And Lime Germander)
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 320.
- The botanic gardens list of rare and threatened species IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 23.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 24, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Lund Botanical Museum (LD)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5937190
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460242-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 951880
Footnotes
- "Teucrium". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 56. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
