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| name = ''Teucrium polium''
|familia=Lamiaceae
| common_names = Felty Germander
|genus=Teucrium
| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=polium
| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|taxo_author=L.
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|common_name=Golden germander, Felty Germander
| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|Min ht box=4
| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht metric=in
| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Max ht box=16
| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht metric=in
| water = ?  <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Min wd box=6
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| usda_zones = ?  <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|Max wd metric=in
| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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| color = IndianRed
|exposure=sun
| image = Teucrium capitatum2006.jpg
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|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
| image_caption = Teucrium capitatum
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| regnum = Plantae
|flowers=orange, yellow, blue, purple
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
|Temp Metric=°F
| classis = Magnoliopsida
|min_zone=7
| ordo = Lamiales
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| familia = Lamiaceae
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| genus = Teucrium
|image=Teucrium capitatum2006.jpg
| species = polium
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'''''Teucrium polium''''' (known popularly as '''felty germander''') is a sub-shrub and [[herb]] native to the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] region and the [[Middle East]]. Its flowers are small and range from pink to white, and its leaves are used in cooking and for medicinal purposes, particularly for the treatment of stomach ailments.
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Teucrium polium, Linn. Low canescent-tomentose, lanate or rarely pilose-hispid shrubs, 2-6, rarely 12 in. high: basal branches procumbent, ascending or rarely sub-erect: lvs. cuneate-oblong or linear, sessile, crenate, margin revolute, upper surface very short-tomentose, densely lanate or pilose, color, especially above, yellowish hoary, golden or rarely green; floral lvs. similar: floral whorls few, 2-6-fld., condensed in a globose or oblong head, which is solitary or often several corymbosely glomerate: fls. white, yellow, or purple; calyx tubular-campanulate; corolla small. Medit. region and Orient.—A decidedly variable species. Var. flavescens, Benth. (T. aureum, Schreb.), has broader lvs., very hairy heads and yellow tips to the branches.
Teucrium polium, Linn. Low canescent-tomentose, lanate or rarely pilose-hispid shrubs, 2-6, rarely 12 in. high: basal branches procumbent, ascending or rarely sub-erect: lvs. cuneate-oblong or linear, sessile, crenate, margin revolute, upper surface very short-tomentose, densely lanate or pilose, color, especially above, yellowish hoary, golden or rarely green; floral lvs. similar: floral whorls few, 2-6-fld., condensed in a globose or oblong head, which is solitary or often several corymbosely glomerate: fls. white, yellow, or purple; calyx tubular-campanulate; corolla small. Medit. region and Orient.—A decidedly variable species. Var. flavescens, Benth. (T. aureum, Schreb.), has broader lvs., very hairy heads and yellow tips to the branches.
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 Teucrium polium subsp. var.  Golden germander, Felty Germander
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Teucrium polium (known popularly as felty germander) is a sub-shrub and herb native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its flowers are small and range from pink to white, and its leaves are used in cooking and for medicinal purposes, particularly for the treatment of stomach ailments.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Teucrium polium, Linn. Low canescent-tomentose, lanate or rarely pilose-hispid shrubs, 2-6, rarely 12 in. high: basal branches procumbent, ascending or rarely sub-erect: lvs. cuneate-oblong or linear, sessile, crenate, margin revolute, upper surface very short-tomentose, densely lanate or pilose, color, especially above, yellowish hoary, golden or rarely green; floral lvs. similar: floral whorls few, 2-6-fld., condensed in a globose or oblong head, which is solitary or often several corymbosely glomerate: fls. white, yellow, or purple; calyx tubular-campanulate; corolla small. Medit. region and Orient.—A decidedly variable species. Var. flavescens, Benth. (T. aureum, Schreb.), has broader lvs., very hairy heads and yellow tips to the branches. CH


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