Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Teucrium fruticans L.
Family : LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)
Genus : Teucrium
Catalan common name : Olivilla. Teucri blau. Teucri fruticós.
Province distribution : Gerona.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : March. April. May. June.
Life-forms : Nanophanerophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated specie.
Characteristics : A fairly large bush used for garden landscaping, although it can also appear sub spontaneously. Leaves are elongate with margin entire, and usually is dark green on the obverse side, whitish in colour on the reverse. Large flowers (more than 2 cm.) blue and emerge in pairs. Flowers throughout the spring.
Status : Alien species.
