Phlomis lycia

D. Don

Jerusalem sage

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Phlomis lycia
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Shoots

The shoots are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Turkey, Türkiye,

Countries: Turkey

How to Identify

A shrub. It has many branches and keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m tall. The leaves are hairy and there are 2 types with longer ones on the flowering stems. The flowers are yellow.

How to Grow

It can be grown by seed.

Names & Synonyms

Tuylu calba

References (1)
  • Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement

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