Teucrium sessiliflorum
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| Camel bush | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Teucrium |
| Species: | T. sessiliflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Teucrium sessiliflorum | |
Teucrium sessiliflorum, commonly known as camel bush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a tufted perennial herb with hairy, egg-shaped, lobed leaves and white or cream-coloured flowers.
Teucrium sessiliflorum is a tufted perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 25 cm (9.8 in) and often forms suckers. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, egg-shaped in outline, 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long and 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) wide and more or less deeply lobed with between two and five lobes in the upper half. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs near the ends of the stems and are sessile at the base of a leaf-like bract. The sepals are 4.5–7 mm (0.18–0.28 in) long forming a tube in the lower half, and the petals are white or cream-coloured The lower middle petal lobe is 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and there are four stamens. Flowering occurs from August to October.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Teucrium sessiliflorum was formally described in 1848 by George Bentham in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[6][7] The specific epithet (sessiliflorum) means "sessile-flowered".[8]