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ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID'd by Oron as Teucrium capitatum

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ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID'd by Oron as Teucrium capitatum
« on: May 30, 2016, 08:00:43 AM »
Can anyone help me ID this dainty gem I found growing in great numbers deep in the hills not far from Dubrovnik. Thanks!

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Re: ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID?
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2016, 09:29:07 AM »
Looks like Teucrium capitatum
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Re: ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID?
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2016, 10:31:54 AM »
Thanks for the invaluable clue! I looked around a bit and this would seem to be Teucrium polium, I found closest image ID here: http://florapugliese.blogspot.com/2008/10/teucrium-polium.html
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Re: ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID?
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2016, 10:49:21 AM »
Hinterland1,

I would have said T. polium as well only that its distribution doesnt reach this area;

http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=15981&PTRefFk=8000000
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=203217

Unless its a new record...
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Re: ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID?
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2016, 10:54:23 AM »
The photos which seemed closest to mine on which I've based this are from Apulia which is just across the sea so I'm (tentatively) fairly certain this is a positive ID (I hope!?).
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Re: ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2016, 01:23:54 PM »
Look at this as well

http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=teucrium+capitatum


By the way the cause for all this confusion might be because of its old names [now synonyms]
Polium capitatum (L.) Mill.
-Teucrium polium subsp. capitatum (L.) Arcang.
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Re: ground-hugging, tomentose leaves plant ID?
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2016, 02:24:06 PM »
I think you're absolutely right!
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