Teucrium dunense Sennen

Spice Flower detail Flowers In the field

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Teucrium

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Beaches and dunes, sandy soils.

Characteristics: The habitat of this species and its woolly grey appearance differentiates it from the rest of the Teucrium species. This is a large and robust plant, with leaves vigorously revolute and attenuate at the base. The flowers are grouped in glomerules at the upper parts of the stems and are white in colour.