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Teucrium scorodonia L.
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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Teucrium scorodonia, common name the wood sage or woodland germander, is a perennial herb belonging to the genus Teucrium of the Lamiaceae family. It is native to Western Europe and Tunisia, cultivated in many places as an ornamental plant in gardens, and naturalized in several regions (New Zealand, Azores, and a few locales in North America).[1][2]
Description[edit]
Teucrium scorodonia reaches on average 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) of height. It is a hairy shrub with erect and branched stems. The leaves are petiolate, irregularly toothed, triangular-ovate to oblong shaped, lightly wrinkled. The inflorescence is composed by one-sided (all flowers "look" at the same side) pale green or yellowish flowers bearing four stamens with reddish or violet filaments. These flowers grow in the axils of the upper leaves and are hermaphrodite, tomentose and bilabiate but lack an upper lip, as all Teucrium ones. The flowering period extends from June through August. These plants are mainly pollinated by Hymenoptera species.
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Habitat[edit]
These plants prefer sandy soils in woodland and acid heaths, at an altitude of 0–1,500 metres (0–4,921 ft) above sea level.
Subspecies[edit]
- Teucrium scorodonia subsp. baeticum (Boiss. & Reut.) Tutin
- Teucrium scorodonia subsp. euganeum (Vis.) Arcang
References[edit]
- Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia - Edagricole – 1982 Vol. II, pg. 443
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Teucrium scorodonia
- Pink, A. - |Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation - Gardening for the Million
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Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Chile Central
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / feeds on
pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph of Ascochyta teucrii feeds on Teucrium scorodonia
Foodplant / saprobe
sessile or subsessile apothecium of Calycellina chlorinella is saprobic on patchily blackened, dead stem of Teucrium scorodonia
Remarks: season: 10-11
Foodplant / saprobe
long stalked apothecium of Lachnum virgineum is saprobic on dead stem of Teucrium scorodonia
Remarks: season: 2-8
Foodplant / open feeder
adult of Longitarsus membranaceus grazes on leaf of Teucrium scorodonia
Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Meligethes obscurus feeds on Teucrium scorodonia
Foodplant / spot causer
epiphyllous, gregarious or scattered, covered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph of Phyllosticta teucrii causes spots on live leaf of Teucrium scorodonia
Foodplant / spot causer
hypophyllous telium of Puccinia annularis causes spots on live leaf of Teucrium scorodonia
Remarks: season: 7-10
Other: sole host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
few, epiphyllous, punctiform, brownish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria scorodoniae causes spots on fading leaf of Teucrium scorodonia
Remarks: season: 7-8
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 9
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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