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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Phlomis |
| Species: | P. fruticosa |
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| Phlomis fruticosa L. | |
Phlomis fruticosa, the Jerusalem sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Monte Negro and Turkey.
It is a small evergreen shrub, up to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide. The sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 5–10 cm (2-4ins) long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs. Deep yellow, tubular flowers, 3 cm in length, grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes in summer.
The specific epithet fruticosa means "shrubby".
It is popular as an ornamental plant, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
As a garden escape, it has naturalised in parts of South West England.
It is listed as deer resistant, hardy in zones 7 to 11, and tolerant of a range of soil types.
See also
- Phlomis russeliana – the similar-looking Turkish sage also sometimes called Jerusalem sage
References
- BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- "RHS Plant Selector - Phlomis fruticosa". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 76. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles, edn 8, III. N-Rh. John Murray. 1976.
- "Phlomis fruticosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- Michigan State University entry
- Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
External links
Media related to Phlomis fruticosa at Wikimedia Commons
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| Phlomis fruticosa |
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