Cut-leaved germander  (Teucrium botrys)

Authentication

Information authenticated by Tim Rich of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.

Glossary

Annual: lives or grows for just one year.
Biennial: A plant that lives for two years and typically flowers only in the second year.
Calcareous: containing free calcium carbonate, chalky.
Colonise: establish a colony (group of organisms living together).
Perennial: plants that live for at least three seasons; after an initial period they produce flowers once a year.

References

  1. Press, B. & Gibbons, B. (1993) Photographic field guide: Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. New Holland (Publishers) Ltd., London.
  2. Wigginton, M. J. (1999) British Red Data Books 1; Vascular Plants. 3rd Edition. JNCC, Peterborough.
  3. Winship, H. R. (1994) The conservation of cut-leaved germander Teucrium botrys Linnaeus. Eastleigh: Hampshire Wildlife Trust.
  4. Rich, T. C. G. (1997) The management of semi-natural lowland grassland for selected rare and scarce vascular plants: a review. English Nature Research Reports no. 216. English Nature, Peterborough.
  5. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (2001)
    http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn