Sages, Germanders & Woundworts
Dead-nettle Family - Lamiaceae
Shrubby Sage Salvia fruticosa(Salvia triloba) Native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region. Typically a constituent of shrubby plant communities in taller frigana and maquis on the eastern side of the island.
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Silver Sage Salvia argentea
Native to the Mediterranean region.
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Wild Clary Salvia verbenaca
Native throughout the Mediterranean Region, Middle East and western Atlantic Europe. Frequent in grassy places.
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Annual Clary Salvia viridis
Native to the Mediterranean region, eastward to West Asia. Typically on open, stony ground.
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Water Germander Teucrium scordium
Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region to Central Asia. A plant of wetlands, often surviving fully submerged during the winter. The flowers are pale pink, but plants may go long periods without flowering if conditions are not suitable.
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Wall Germander Teucrium chamaedrys
Native throughout the Mediterranean region, much of Europe and the Middle East. A low-growing species, spreading by creeping rhizomes and flowering on young, herbaceous stems.
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Spreading Germander Teucrium divaricatum
Native to the eastern Mediterranean region. Greatly resembles Wall Germander but is a taller, woody species, with the flowers appearing on woody stems. No creeping rhizomes produced.
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Yellow Germander Teucrium flavum
Native to the Mediterranean region.
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Eastern Felty Germander Teucrium capitatum
Native throughout the Mediterranean region, eastwards to Central Asia. Frequent in stony frigana.
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Mountain Germander Teucrium montanum
Native to Central Europe and the Mediterranean region. Usually at higher altitude and on limestone soils.
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Cretan Woundwort Stachys cretica subsp. lesbiaca
The species is native from southern France, eastwards through the Mediterranean region to the Caucasus and Iran. A highly variable species with the subspecies lesbiaca being endemic to the eastern Aegean Islands and nearby Anatolia.
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Small-spined Woundwort Stachys spinulosa
Native to the Adriatic and Aegean regions.
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Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis
Native throughout most of Europe and the Mediterranean Region. A small, annual species that rather resembles the smaller dead-nettle species, but has pale pink flowers and is roughly hairy.
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Shrubby Woundwort Prasium majus
Native to the Mediterranean region. Frequent in shrubby, low maquis and frigana habitats. A scrambling species with woody stems.
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Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis
Native throughout the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to Central Asia. Forms spreading patches of dense, deeply-veined and crinkled leaves that have a strong, lemony scent.
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