Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wood Sage, Teucrium scorodonia, Iúr sléibhe
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Wood Sage
Teucrium scorodonia
Iúr sléibhe
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native.

Long racemes of greenish-yellow flowers in opposite pairs, the coralla tube 2 x length calyx. Seeds are smooth nutlets. Erect stems with stalked, pointed-oval leaves which are wrinkled, blunt toothed and downy. Height 25-60 cm

Grows on dry banks, woodland, roadsides and heaths and can be frequent in mountain areas. Less common in central Ireland.

Wood Sage, Teucrium scorodonia, Iúr sléibhe

Wood Sage, Teucrium scorodonia, Iúr sléibhe
Wood Sage, Teucrium scorodonia, Iúr sléibhe

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