Phlomis fruticosa

"Jerusalem sage" redirects here. The term may also refer to Salvia hierosolymitana.

Phlomis fruticosa, the Jerusalem sage,^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Monte Negro and Turkey.

Phlomis fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Phlomis
Species:	P. fruticosa
Binomial name
Phlomis fruticosa L.

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.^[2]

The specific epithet fruticosa means "shrubby".^[3]

It is popular as an ornamental plant, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[4][5]

As a garden escape, it has naturalised in parts of South West England.^[6]

It is listed as deer resistant,^{[citation needed]} hardy in zones 7 to 11,^{[citation needed]} and tolerant of a range of soil types.

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See also

• Phlomis russeliana – the similar-looking Turkish sage also sometimes called Jerusalem sage

References

1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
4. "RHS Plant Selector - Phlomis fruticosa". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
5. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 76. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
6. 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

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