Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:
Mediterranean
Summer shedding:
Perenating
Derivation of the botanical name:
Phlomis, Greek name for some plant without application here to these plants; Jerusalem sage.
viscosa, sticky, clammy; referring mainly to the sticky exudate from the glandular hairs.
The standard author abbreviation Poiret is used to indicate Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755 – 1834), a French clergyman, botanist and explorer.