Phlomis chrysophylla

Phlomis chrysophylla Boissier
Diagn. ser. 1,12:89 (1853)

Distribution in the wild:
Lebanon, Syria and Jordan

Flowering:May-July in the wild.

chrysophylla means with golden leaves and refers mainly to dried herbarium specimens although some live material is also yellowish (slightly khaki).

Evergreen shrub to 1m. Lower leaf laminas broadly elliptic to oblong-ovate, obtuse to rounded at apex, truncate or rounded at base to 8.5 × 6 cm; petiole to 5 cm. Floral leaves 2.8-6.8 × 2-5.3 cm, circular to obovate, petiole to 1.5 cm. One to two whorls, many flowered; occasionally in pairs when calyces are often stalked to 7 mm. Whorls 6-7 cm across. Bracteoles linear subulate, ciliate to 12 × 1 mm often in groups of three joined at base. Calyx to 15 mm; teeth broad and short with a mucro of 1 to 2 mm. Corolla 28-32 mm, golden yellow. Nutlets hairless. Hardy to -15°C.

Phlomis Photograph Pages
Phlomis anisodonta	*Phlomis fruticetorum*	*Phlomis platystegia*
*Phlomis armeniaca*	*Phlomis grandiflora*	*Phlomis pungens*
*Phlomis atropurpurea*	Phlomis herba-venti	*Phlomis purpurea*
*Phlomis betonicoides*	*Phlomis italica*	*Phlomis purpurea subsp. almeriensis*
*Phlomis bovei*	*Phlomis lanata*	Phlomis purpurea, white form
**Phlomis bovei subsp. maroccana**	*Phlomis leucophracta*	*Phlomis regelii*
*Phlomis bourgaei*	Phlomis leucophracta 'Golden Janissary'	*Phlomis russeliana*
Phlomis bourgaei 'Whirling Dervish'	Phlomis leucophracta 'Silver Janissary'	*Phlomis samia*
*Phlomis breviflora*	**Phlomis linearis var. plumosa**	Phlomis samia 'Green Glory'
*Phlomis bucharica*	*Phlomis longifolia*	*Phlomis taurica*
*Phlomis cashmeriana*	*Phlomis lunariifolia*	*Phlomis × trullenquei*
*Phlomis chrysophylla*	*Phlomis lychnitis*	*Phlomis tuberosa*
*Phlomis cretica*	**Phlomis × margaritae**	**Phlomis umbrosa var. australis**
Phlomis crinita hybrid	Phlomis milingensis
**Phlomis cypria var. occidentalis**	*Phlomis nissolii*
Phlomis 'Edward Bowles'	*Phlomis oreophila*