''Teucrium botrys'', the cutleaf germander or cut-leaved germander is a low to short downy annual, sometimes

biennial Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. The related term biennium is used in reference to a period of two years. In particular, it can refer to: * Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and th ...

, plant. It was noted by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, ...

in 1753 and is classified as part of the genus ''

Teucrium ''Teucrium'' is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, commonly known as germanders. Plants in this genus are perennial herbs or shrubs, with branches that are more or less square in cross-section, leaves arranged in op ...

'' in the family

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savo ...

. It has oval, but deeply cut leaves, which appear almost

pinnate Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, an ...

in form. Its flowers are two-lipped but with the upper lip diminutive. They are pink to purple and form from the stem at the base of the leaves, in whorls. It is in flower in the northern hemisphere from June to October. It prefers limy soils and bare stony ground. It is native to Western Europe, especially France and Germany. It has been introduced into north-eastern North America. Illustration Teucrium botrys0

References

External links

*"''Teucrium botrys'' L.". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/579680". Accessed 14 May 2011.
''Teucrium botrys'' L. Sp. Pl. ed. 1 562 (1753)
Flora Italiana. Accessed May 2011
Cutleaf Germander
Biopix photo images. Accessed May 2011
''Teucrium botrys'' Linnaeus
The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project, Natural History Museum, London, Accessed May 2011

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Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Lamiaceae-stub