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Phlomis chrysophylla

Phlomis chrysophylla, the golden-leaved Jerusalem sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae ', native to southwest Asia. It is an evergreen shrub growing to tall by wide, with woolly-textured, sage-like leaves that turn lime green with age, and yellow flowers carried in the leaf axils in early summer.

The specific epithet chrysophylla means "golden-leaved".

In cultivation it requires some protection in winter. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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