Common Name

Scurfy Germander

Family

Lamiaceae

Notes

Perennial forb to 40cm tall. Leaves opposite each other, with 3 leaflets, appearing whorled, each leaflet 0.2-1cm long, 1-2mm wide, linear, sparsely to moderately hairy, margins curved down, with pointed tips. Flowers white, tubular, with 5 lobes, solitary at the bases of the leaves. Poorly known Vic.

Short description and photo (as Teucrium racemosum var. tripartitum) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 578

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Teucrium~albicaule

Photo of flowers and leaves. Photographer sunphlo, Gluepot Reserve north of Renmark, SA