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Teucrium polium L.

Leaves, December. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Stems
Preparation
  • Herbal tea
Blooming period
April to August
Foraging period
February to April
Seed collection period
July to October
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Cholagogue
  • Choleretic
  • Hepatic
  • Sedative
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Cream
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Teucrium
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q2415298
GBIF Item
Teucrium polium L. (3887764)

References

  1. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Teucrium+polium>
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  3. Teucrium polium L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.
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  6. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  7. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
  8. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  9. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
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Citation

Teucrium polium L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/645 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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