Germanders | |
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Teucrium eremaeum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ajugoideae |
Genus: | Teucrium L. (1753) |
Type species | |
Teucrium fruticans L.
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Species | |
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Teucrium is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, commonly known as germanders.[2] Plants in this genus are perennial herbs or shrubs, with branches that are more or less square in cross-section, leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and flowers arranged in thyrses, the corolla with mostly white to cream-coloured, lobed petals.