Scientific name: Teucrium scorodonia L.
Common name: Wood Sage
Description
Habit: Perennial, to 50 cm high.
Stems: Erect, square, nearly unbranched.
Leaves: Opposite, undivided, cordate, wrinkled, hairy, oval to oblong, bluntly toothed.
Flowers: Greenish-white, zygomorphic, 12 mm long, in axillary whorl-like clusters, often 1-sided, forming a terminal spike; calyx tubular, of five fused sepals, 2-lipped, upper lip composed of a single tooth, lower lip of 4 narrow teeth; corolla tubular, of 5 fused petals, corolla tube without upper lip and with a large 5-lobed lower lip, corolla tube twice as long as calyx; stamens 4; ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4 1-seeded nutlets, smooth.
Habitat: Limestone pavement, woods, scrub, roadsides, rocky ground.Distribution: Very frequent to abundant throughout the region.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No