Phlomis

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Phlomis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/phlomis/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Family

Labiatae

Species in genus

Glossary

calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
style: Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Phlomis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/phlomis/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Phlomis 'Sunningdale Gold', a fine selection made by the late Jim Mann Taylor, holder of the British National Plant Collection of Phlomis and author of a guide to the genus. It is possibly now extinct in the UK, but well-established in cultivation in western North America (Windcliff, Indianola, Washington, June 2023). Image John Grimshaw.

A genus of about 100 species of herbs, subshrubs, and shrubs, ranging from the Mediterranean region to China; one species (P. tuberosa, a herb) extending into Central Europe. Flowers yellow, purple, pink, or white, arranged in whorls. Calyx equally five-toothed. Corolla with a hooded upper lip, the lower lip spreading, three-lobed. Stamens four. Style-branches unequal. Nutlets three-angled.

Phlomis fruticosa at Castle Howard, North Yorkshire, January 2022. Image John Grimshaw.

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