Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 25-75cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - August (Earliest: 17.6)

Protective Chemicals
Sesquiterpenoids	Caryophyllene, Germacrene
Diterpenoids	Hydroxyteuscorolide, Teupolin, Teuscorodin, Teuscorodonin
Flavonoids	Luteolin
Other Phenolics	Tannins

Biotopes:	Beech Forest Edge	Spruce Forest Edge	Hedge Rows
Flower Visitors:	Several Apidae	Episyrphus balteatus	Sicus ferrugineus
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Parasites:	Phyllosticta teucrii	Ascochyta teucrii	Puccinia annularis	Valdensia heterodoxa
	Amauromyza labiatarum	Liriomyza strigata	Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:	Melitaea athalia Larva	Several Noctuidae	Several Tortricidae	Mesotype didymata
	Pseudopanthera macularia	Anania lancealis Larva	Sitochroa verticalis Larva	Athalia cordata Larva
	Longitarsus obliteratus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Wood Sage

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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