Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Teucrium canadense var. canadense
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_teli5_001_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm42709_050
April Spartanburg County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_t_canadense_77657
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm61210_137
June Spartanburg County SC
Upright stature (stems to ~5'), conspicuous inflorescence, spreading leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Roxanna Martin rlm6610_110
June Spartanburg County SC
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_teucrium_canadense_3
June
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JK Marlow jkm140710_687
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140710_690
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Leaf margins crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140710_693
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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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).
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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
1492
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich bottomlands, prairies, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p064
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p084
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p035
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p326
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p209
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p079
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p245
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p232
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p274
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p142
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