Teucrium scorodonia

Sage germander ( Teucrium scorodonia )

The sage - germander ( Teucrium scorodonia ) is a flowering plant in the mint family ( Lamiaceae). It blooms between July and September.

Appearance

The perennial herbaceous plant reaches a height of 30 to 60 cm. It has underground runners. The stem is usually branched above way branching and generally pubescent kurzabstehend - shaggy. The leaves are oblong-shaped herzeiförmig up, 3 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 4.5 cm wide, heart-shaped cut or trimmed and densely crenate at the base. They are strong network annoying, slightly wrinkled and have a 1 to 2 cm long stem. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in the axils of bracts very small and are about 9 to 12 mm long. They unite to form more or less einseitswendigen, loose, long Seems screws. The crown is pale greenish- yellow, reddish colored tube. The calyx is tubular and bell-shaped, bent down and helmet-shaped double lip shaped. The nutlets are plump, about 2 mm long and almost smooth.

Ecology

The sage - germander is in a mild climate and a herbaceous Chamaephyt otherwise a Hemikryptophyt and a stem plant.

The fruits are spherical, up to 1.5 mm long Klausen. The cup acts as a biological capsule. The fruit spread. Than animal - and wind spreaders from as well as Regenschwemmlinge, next to a processing of lateral spread by birds Fruit ripening is between July and September. The fruits are winter stayer. The long-lived seeds are light to germinate.

Vegetative propagation is done by underground runners.

Dissemination

Habitat requirements

The sage Gamander grows in light deciduous and coniferous forests, forest beats and Gentiles. He prefers not to dry soils and is slightly more common than on calcareous calcium deficiency on base.

Popularization

The sage Gamander comes from Western Europe to southern Scandinavia, in western Central Europe, the western Mediterranean to the southern Balkans and North Africa before. It is a subatlantisches Florenelement. In Austria it is scattered to find to very rarely, in Switzerland it is common.

Distribution in Germany

The sage - germander is spread mostly in the western and southern part of Germany, in the north scattered to rarely occurring. To the east it is scattered to Thuringia, Saxony and find the Bavarian Forest. In the Alps, it is very rare.

Others

In some areas the plant is similar to the sage species used for example as a wound means.

As the active ingredient is sage germander use in homeopathic medicines. He should especially help against tuberculosis, which has not been scientifically confirmed.