Teucrium aureumSchreb.

WFO wfo-0000321875 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Teucrium aureum, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. a Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / 2021-06-11 / obs. 135552097
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Pieter Huybrechts
fig. b Pieter Huybrechts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 135471747
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Pieter Huybrechts
fig. c Pieter Huybrechts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 134655384
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Guillermo Huerta Ramos
fig. d Guillermo Huerta Ramos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83982825
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. e Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39569756
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20096913
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20099454
Teucrium aureum, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. h Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150473153

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Teucrium aureum is native: France, Italy, Spain FranceItalySpain
Native distribution of Teucrium aureum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
France FRA EUROPE
Italy ITA
Spain SPA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Polium aureum (Schreb.) Moench
  • Polium massiliense Jord. & Fourr.
  • Polium saxicola Jord. & Fourr.
  • Teucrium angustifolium (Willk.) Peris, Figuerola & Stübing
  • Teucrium aureum subsp. angustifolium (Willk.) Puech ex Valdés Berm. & Sanches Crespo
  • Teucrium aureum subvar. canescens Rouy
  • Teucrium aureum var. angustifolium Willk.
  • Teucrium capitatum var. flavescens (Schreb.) Nyman
  • Teucrium commune subsp. aureum (Schreb.) Rouy
  • Teucrium flavescens Schreb.
  • Teucrium flavicans Lam.
  • Teucrium lagascae Sennen
  • Teucrium lerrouxii Sennen
  • Teucrium luteum subsp. montanum (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet
  • Teucrium luteum subsp. turdetanum (Devesa & Valdés Berm.) Greuter & Burdet
  • Teucrium polium subsp. aureum (Schreb.) Arcang.
  • Teucrium polium subsp. montanum (Boiss.) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.
  • Teucrium polium var. montanum Boiss.
  • Teucrium queraltae Sennen
  • Teucrium turdetanum (Devesa & Valdés Berm.) Peris, Figuerola & Stübing

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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