Teucrium flavumL.

yellow germander

WFO wfo-0000322124 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Teucrium flavum, photographed by Donald Davesne
fig. a Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203556977
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Donald Davesne
fig. b Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203556921
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Josip Skejo
fig. c Josip Skejo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157733642
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. d Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132736704
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. e Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53404686
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Giorgia Mocilnik
fig. f Giorgia Mocilnik, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26808668
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Jamie Carter
fig. g Jamie Carter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199568636
Teucrium flavum, photographed by Nick Doty
fig. h Nick Doty, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202588618

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Teucrium flavum is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, East Aegean Is., Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaEast Aegean Is.TürkiyeAlbaniaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.SiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Teucrium flavum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Türkiye TUR

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 18 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.

  • Chamaedrys cinerascens Jord. & Fourr.
  • Chamaedrys flava (L.) Moench
  • Chamaedrys glauca Jord. & Fourr.
  • Chamaedrys ovalifolia Jord. & Fourr.
  • Chamaedrys pulverulenta Jord. & Fourr.
  • Chamaedrys virescens Jord. & Fourr.
  • Teucrium flavum prol. glaucum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
  • Teucrium flavum subvar. adenotrichum Litard.
  • Teucrium flavum subvar. mairei Litard.
  • Teucrium flavum var. glabatum Rouy
  • Teucrium flavum var. glaucum (Jord. & Fourr.) Nyman
  • Teucrium flavum var. glaucum (Jord. & Fourr.) P.Fourn.
  • Teucrium flavum var. leiophyllum Čelak.
  • Teucrium flavum var. lilacinum Pamp.
  • Teucrium glaucum (Jord. & Fourr.) Bég.
  • Teucrium majus Bubani
  • Teucrium nitidum Schreb.
  • Teucrium regium Schreb.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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