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phlomis|ˈflɒmɪs|
[mod. L. (J. P. de Tournefort Institutiones Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 178), a. Gr. ϕλοµίς a name used by Dioscorides.]
A shrub or herb of the large genus so called, belonging to the family Labiatæ, and native to temperate parts of Asia and southern Europe, esp. Phlomis fruticosa, the Jerusalem sage, which has pale green leaves with white, hairy undersides, and whorls of deep yellow flowers.
1706Phillips, Phlomis, a kind of Flower, which some take for a Primrose. 1789W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis II. 307 Broad-leav'd shrubby Phlomis, or Jerusalem Sage. 1908G. Jekyll Colour in Flower Garden ix. 80 Further back among the flowers are..some grey bushes of Phlomis and a silvery leaved Willow. 1961Times 25 Nov. 11/4 Phlomis, verbascums, and many more, can be brought into service for such [dry, sunny] positions. 1974Country Life 21 Mar. 627/3, I particularly like the bold groups of golden foliage..and woolly, silvery phlomis with the purple nut. 1976Daily Tel. 9 Oct. 6/2 Here..I would grow the pink-flowered Italian phlomis, which has come into garden centres in recent seasons, as well as the old Jerusalem one,..which..has yellow flowers, in addition to the silvery, woolly leaves characteristic of the group. |