Wood Sage

Teucrium scorodonia

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Lamiales

Family:

Lamiaceae (Dead-nettle)

Also in this family:

Betony, Bifid Hemp-nettle, Black Horehound, Bugle, Common Hemp-nettle, Corn Mint, Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Garden Catmint, Ground Ivy, Gypsywort, Hedge Woundwort, Lemon Balm, Marsh Woundwort, Oregano, Peppermint, Red Dead-nettle, Rosemary, Selfheal, Skullcap, Spearmint, Spotted Dead-nettle, Variegated Yellow Archangel, Water Mint, White Dead-nettle, Wild Basil, Wild Thyme

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

40 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Cliffs, heathland, hedgerows, rocks, sand dunes, scrub, seaside, woodland.

Flower:

White, 2 petals

Flowers in pairs, pale greenish-yellow, 5-lobed lower lip, reddish anthers and 4 stamens.

Fruit:

Insignificant.

Leaves:

The leaves have irregularly toothed margins and are an elongated, egg-shaped and pointed at the tips. The slightly wrinkled leaves are arranged opposite one another along the stems.

Aroma:

The leaves have a faint smell of hops.

Other Names:

Garlic Sage, Heart's-ease, Hind Heal, Large-leaved Germander, Woodland Germander.

Frequency (UK):

Common

Distribution Map

Reproduced by kind permission of the BSBI.

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