Biology:Teucrium glandulosum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Desert germander
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Teucrium
Species:
T. glandulosum
Binomial name
Teucrium glandulosum
Kellogg

Teucrium glandulosum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names sticky germander[1] and desert germander. It is native to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, Baja California, Baja California Sur, and San Bernardino County in California .[2][3][4] It grows in rocky desert habitat such as canyons. The plant produces three-lobed leaves on its branching stem. The flowers have purple-streaked white corollas up to 2 centimeters long each with a large lower lobe and smaller lateral lobes. The inside of the flower is very hairy.[5]

References

  1. "Teucrium glandulosum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TEGL2. 
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  4. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert, 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford
  5. McClintock, E. M. & C. Epling. 1946. A revision of Teucrium in the New World, with observations on its variation, geographical distribution and history. Brittonia 5(5): 491–510

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7707037 entry