Teucrium fruticansL.

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WFO wfo-0000322139 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Teucrium fruticans, photographed by davidfdz_b82
fig. a davidfdz_b82, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 193653716
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by Manuel Marqués
fig. b Manuel Marqués, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130783791
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. c Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123668535
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by João Gonçalves
fig. d João Gonçalves, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116430567
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by Andy McKay
fig. e Andy McKay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83713853
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by João Gonçalves
fig. f João Gonçalves, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 111464844
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by Courtney Tregurtha-Nairn
fig. g Courtney Tregurtha-Nairn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60659796
Teucrium fruticans, photographed by Wendy St. John
fig. h Wendy St. John, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 14278846

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Teucrium fruticans is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Albania, Corse, France, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAlbaniaCorseFranceItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpain Sardegna
Native distribution of Teucrium fruticans, 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
Corse COR
France FRA
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 latifolia (L.) Raf.
  • Teucrium angustifolium Salisb.
  • Teucrium fruticans f. albiflorum H.Lindb.
  • Teucrium fruticans f. coloratum Maire
  • Teucrium fruticans f. grandifolium Sennen
  • Teucrium fruticans f. pallidum Maire
  • Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium (L.) P.Silva & Teles
  • Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium (L.) Arcang.
  • Teucrium fruticans subsp. prostratum Gattef. & Maire
  • Teucrium fruticans var. lancifolium Debeaux ex Clary
  • Teucrium fruticans var. latifolium (L.) Schreb.
  • Teucrium fruticans var. linearifolium Clary
  • Teucrium fruticans var. minor Pau
  • Teucrium fruticans var. pallidum (Maire) Sauvage
  • Teucrium fruticans var. rotundifolium Dautez & Debeaux
  • Teucrium glomeratum Cav.
  • Teucrium latifolium L.
  • Teucrium tomentosum Moench

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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