Lamiaceae
Small coastal germander
Teucrium cubense
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Teucrium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- تيوكريوم كوبي
- English
- Small coastal germander, Dwarf germander
Synonyms
- Melosmon cubense (Jacq.) Small
- Melosmon laevigatum (Vahl) Small
- Teucrium chamaedrifolium Mill.
- Teucrium cordobense (Epling) B.L.Turner
- Teucrium cubense subsp. chamaedrifolium (Mill.) Epling
- Teucrium cubense subsp. cordobense Epling
- Teucrium cubense subsp. laevigatum (Vahl) E.M.McClint. & Epling
- Teucrium cubense var. laevigatum (Vahl) Shinners
- Teucrium grisebachii Hieron. ex Epling
- Teucrium laevigatum Vahl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: el_smokito el_smokito, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.