Germander

Teucrium aroanium Lamiaceae

Growth habit

Dwarf Shrub

Perennation

Perennial

Native distribution

Greece

Location

Heasley Rock Garden

Source of plant

High Country Gardens, Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery

Description

Perennial shrub or subshrub reaching 10 cm in height, the stems ascending, stoloniferous, much-branched, tomentose. Leaves to 2cm long, 1cm wide, ovate or elliptic to oblong, apex obtuse, base entire or subentire, tomentose, especially beneath. Verticillasters 2-6-flowered, pedicels to 3 mm; calyx to 7 mm, bell-shaped, glandular and tomentose, the teeth deltoid, apex acute.

USDA Hardiness Zone

8