''Teucrium gnaphalodes'' is a plant species in 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 ...

''. It is endemic to the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

and grows at altitudes between 200 and 1500 m. It flowers from March to July. The flavones diosmin, cirsimaritin, salvigenin,

cirsilineol Cirsilineol is a bioactive flavone Flavone is an organic compound with the formula . A white solid, flavone is a derivative of chromone with a phenyl (Ph) substituent adjacent to the ether group. The compound is of little direct practical importa ...

, cirsiliol,

luteolin Luteolin is a flavone, a type of flavonoid, with a yellow crystalline appearance. Luteolin is the principal yellow dye compound that is obtained from the plant ''Reseda luteola'', which has been used as a source of the dye since at least the firs ...

apigenin Apigenin (4′,5,7-trihydroxyflavone), found in many plants, is a natural product belonging to the flavone class that is the aglycone of several naturally occurring glycosides. It is a yellow crystalline solid that has been used to dye wool. ...

and the flavanone

naringenin Naringenin is a flavorless, colorless flavanone, a type of flavonoid. It is the predominant flavanone in grapefruit, and is found in a variety of fruits and herbs. Structure Naringenin has the skeleton structure of a flavanone with three hydro ...

, as well as the flavone glycosides luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucoside and apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, and the diglycosides luteolin-7-O-β-D-rutinoside, luteolin-7-O-β-D-neohesperidoside ( veronicastroside) and luteolin-7-O-β-D- sambubioside can be found in ''T. gnaphalodes''.Flavonoid Aglycones and Glycosides from Teucrium gnaphalodes. F. A. T. Barberán, M. I. Gil, F. Tomás, F. Ferreres and A. Arques, J. Nat. Prod., 1985, 48 (5), pages 859–860,

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gnaphalodes Plants described in 1788 Flora of Southwestern Europe {{Lamiaceae-stub