Scientific Name: Phlomis russeliana
Common Name: sticky Jerusalem sage
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Spreading
Form: Mounded, Round
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Crenate
Flowers: Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal and then opposite on flowering stem, ovate, up to 25cm long; flowers, two shades of yellow, numerous, in compact whorled clusters.