Botanical Name: Phlomis fruticosa
Common Name: Jerusalem sage
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Distribution/Origin: Albania, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Cyprus
Description: Phlomis fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.
It is a small evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall by 1.5 m wide. The sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 2-4 inches long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs. Light yellow, tubular flowers, 3 cm in length, grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes in summer.
Landscape use: It is popular as an ornamental plant
It is a small evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall by 1.5 m wide. The sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 2-4 inches long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs. Light yellow, tubular flowers, 3 cm in length, grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes in summer.
Landscape use: It is popular as an ornamental plant
Notes: The specific epithet fruticosa means "shrubby"
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