Phlomis longifolia Boiss. & C.I.Blanche

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Phlomis longifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/phlomis/phlomis-longifolia/). Accessed 2025-04-27.

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Phlomis

Other taxa in genus

Phlomis fruticosa

Glossary

cordate: Heart-shaped (i.e. with two equal lobes at the base).
key: (of fruit) Vernacular English term for winged samaras (as in e.g. Acer Fraxinus Ulmus)
lanceolate: Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
linear: Strap-shaped.
oblanceolate: Inversely lanceolate; broadest towards apex.
ovate: Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
reticulate: Arranged in a net-like manner.
stellate: Star-shaped.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Phlomis longifolia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/phlomis/phlomis-longifolia/). Accessed 2025-04-27.

The leading characters of this species are: leaves green and conspicuously reticulate above, thinly stellate-tomentose beneath, basal leaves lanceolate to ovate or oblong, cordate at the base, 11⁄2 to 4 in. long, 2 to 15⁄8 in. wide (but proportionately shorter and broader in var. bailanica (Vieh.) Hub.-Mor.). Flowers more or less as in P. fruticosa, intense yellow on cultivated plants. A key difference is that the bracteoles subtending the flowers are awl-shaped or linear-lanceolate against broadly oblanceolate in P. fruticosa.

A native of southern Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria and the Lebanon. It is now being introduced into gardens and is strikingly different from P. fruticosa in its bright green leaves and intense yellow flowers.