Phlomis chrysophylla, the golden-leaved Jerusalem sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae [1], native to southwest Asia. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 1.2 m (4 ft) wide, with woolly-textured, sage-like leaves that turn lime green with age, and yellow flowers carried in the leaf axils in early summer.[2]
Phlomis chrysophylla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Phlomis |
Species: | P. chrysophylla
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Binomial name | |
Phlomis chrysophylla |
The specific epithet chrysophylla means "golden-leaved".[3]
In cultivation it requires some protection in winter. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]