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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Teucrium canadense var. canadense   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Teucrium canadense var. canadense   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Teucrium canadense var. canadense

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Teucrium canadense var. canadense

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Teucrium canadense var. virginicum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-03-001:

Teucrium canadense   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Teucrium canadense

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Teucrium littorale

 

COMMON NAME:
American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander


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image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_teli5_001_lvd

        

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm42709_050

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Keith Bradley    kab_t_canadense_77657

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm61210_137

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Upright stature (stems to ~5'), conspicuous inflorescence, spreading leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm61210_138

June    Spartanburg County    SC

A crowded spikelike terminal raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm61210_138c

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Corolla has one lip which is 5-lobed, lateral lobes much smaller than middle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_108

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Usually a bracteate thyrse with sessile cymules, each with 3-5 flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_109

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, lanceolate or lance-ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_110

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_128

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Bracts shorter than, to slightly exceeding, calyx, the very lowest leaf-like, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_teucrium_canadense_3

June        

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

JK Marlow    jkm140710_687

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

JK Marlow    jkm140710_690

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Leaf margins crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

JK Marlow    jkm140710_693

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

JK Marlow    jkm140710_693b

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Four stamens diverge from the corolla, arching over the lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Teucrium canadense var. canadense, American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

JK Marlow    jkm140710_696

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

The stem is square in cross-section, characteristic of the mints, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Teucrium canadense var. canadense   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Teucrium canadense var. canadense   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Teucrium canadense var. canadense

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Teucrium canadense var. canadense

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Teucrium canadense var. virginicum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-03-001:
Teucrium canadense   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Teucrium canadense

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Teucrium littorale

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1492

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich bottomlands, prairies, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
1-lipped corolla with 5-lobed lip
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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