Phlomis grandiflora
H. S. Thomps.
Jerusalem sage
LamiaceaeFlowers
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers
The flowers are edible.
How to Identify
A shrub. The leaves are heart shaped and dark green. They are hairy and silvery green underneath. The flowers are golden yellow.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Phlomis grandiflora, called Jerusalem sage along with a number of other species, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the eastern Aegean Islands and Turkey. Its cultivar 'Lloyd's Silver' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
Names & Synonyms
Bahar gulu
Phlomis fimbrilligera Hub.-Mor.Phlomis grandiflora var. fimbrilligera (Hub.-Mor.) Hub.-Mor.
References (1)
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement