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Wood Sage (Teucrium canadense)
Image ID: 2016/mr70
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Other common names: Germander
Native
Family:
Lamiaceae (Mint)
Height: 0.7 to 3 ft.
Blooms: June to
September
Leaf Type:
toothed
Bloom Size: 0.75 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Mon River Trail
Date: 7/2/2016
Notes:
Bloom has distictive 'horns.'
More photos of this flower
Wood Sage may be
easily confused with:
- Lyre-Leaved Sage
Note the two-lobed lower lip of lyre-leaved sage.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
