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Taxon:  Teucrium polium L.



Summary
Genus:
Teucrium
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Ajugoideae
Nomen number:
36417
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:566. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Teucrium polium L. subsp. capitatum (L.) Arcang. (0 active accession[s])
Teucrium polium L. subsp. expansum (Pau) Rivas Goday & Borja (0 active accession[s])
Teucrium polium L. subsp. polium (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  9. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  12. Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
  13. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  14. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
poley –
Arabic
ja'ad –
Swedish
buskgamander –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36417. Accessed 3 August 2025.


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