Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Teucrium// Species: Teucrium capitatum L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin & Wood in Tutin et al., 1972) as Teucrium polium subsp. capitatum (L.) Arcangeli, loc. cit. (1882). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Teucrium capitatum L.
Lifeform: Perrenial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to West Asia, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open and dry habitats- dry grasslands/ pastures, rocks and rocky terrains, river gorges.
Teucrium L. Tutin, T. G. and Wood., D. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 129 – 135.