Teucrium integrifolium
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| Teucry weed | |
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| Teucrium integrifolium near Camooweal | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Teucrium |
| Species: | T. integrifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Teucrium integrifolium | |
Teucrium integrifolium, commonly known as teucry weed or green germander,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a perennial herb with broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves and white or cream-coloured flowers.
Teucrium integrifolium is a perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in) with stems that are square in cross-section and covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, broadly egg-shaped to broadly elliptic, 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) long and 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) wide. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long with bracts 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long. The sepals are 2.7–3.5 mm (0.11–0.14 in) long, the petals are white or cream-coloured, 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long and there are four stamens.[3]
Taxonomy
Teucrium integrifolium was formally described in 1870 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] The specific epithet (integrifolium) means "whole-leaved", referring to the leaves not being toothed or lobed.[6]