''Teucrium montanum'', the mountain germander, is a
germander native to southern Europe, from Spain eastward to Turkey.
It forms shrubs about a foot high, with small leaves no more than an inch across, and petals blooming yellowish white. On south-facing mountain slopes, it can be found as far up as 2400 meters in the Alps.
The plant was known to the ancient Greeks, one of several plants named ''χαμαίπιτυς'', as mentioned by
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...
in his Latin work ''Historia Naturalis''.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized: the
nominate subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics ( morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. ...
''T. m. montanum'', and ''T. m. helianthemoides'' (Adamovic) Baden.
[
]
References
montanum
Herbs
{{Lamiaceae-stub