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Wood Sage (Teucrium canadense)

Image ID: 2014/mtr183

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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: Montour Trail
Date:  7/27/2014
Notes: Bloom has distictive 'horns.'
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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.

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