False Sage
- Product number: 365500
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Teucrium scorodonia
Besides the flower color and leaf scent, the plant does resemble sage. When bruised, the leaves smell of garlic! The large clusters of lemon-yellow labiate flowers have a unique shape; try sowing them! The medicinal properties of this plant are mainly in the areas of blood purification and mucous membrane healing. It is a welcome wild plant in the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium, growing on dry sandy or clay soils.
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Latin: Teucrium scorodonia
Dutch: Valse Salie
English: Wood Sage
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- Flower colour: Lemon yellow
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Forst hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Teucrium scorodonia
- Dutch: False Sage
- Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
- English: Wood Sage
