Definition of Phlomis fruticosa

1. Noun. A spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Jerusalem Sage
Group relationships: Genus Phlomis
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlomis Fruticosa

Phlebodium
Phlebodium aureum
Phlebotomus argentipes
Phlebotomus chinensis
Phlebotomus flaviscutellatus
Phlebotomus longipalpis
Phlebotomus major
Phlebotomus noguchi
Phlebotomus orientalis
Phlebotomus papatasii
Phlebotomus perniciosus
Phlebotomus sergenti
Phlebotomus verrucarum
Phlegethos
Phleum pratense
Phlomis fruticosa (current term)
Phlox bifida
Phlox stellaria
Phlox subulata
Phm
Phnom Penh
Phobos
Phoca vitulina
Phocaena
Phocaena phocaena
Phocaena sinus
Phocidae
Phocis
Phoebe
Phoebean

Literary usage of Phlomis fruticosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"[Greek, mullen, in allusion to the thick woolly leaves of some species.] About 50 species, natives of the Old World. Type species : Phlomis fruticosa L. i. ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"... £alvia triloba Phlomis fruticosa and South of Europe South of Europe South of Europe South of Europe Spain South of Europe Siberia Italy South of Europe ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... Phlomis fruticosa, Helichrysum italicum, Marrubium, Euphorbia, etc.; (2) the dune formation, ..."

4. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Thus an old- fashioned garden plant (Phlomis fruticosa) is called sage of Jerusalem with about as little reason. And in France the term Jerusalem artichoke ..."

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