Teucrium scorodonia L., 1753 37% complete

Wood germander

Sp. Pl.: 564 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 564 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Wood germander No source recorded
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Observations Madeira, Europe, Tunisia No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 33 cm
  • 32.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 500
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500
Sourced
Flower color white Differs from sources
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Subshrub, Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 45 cm
  • 45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 500
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 86, 164, 175, 178, 882
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record