Wood Sage
Taken at Ambelside on 16th July 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Holy Isle on 14th August 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

Wood Sage.
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AKA: 		Teucrium scorodonia.
Lamiales.
Lamiaceae.
Perennial.
Wood Garlic, Ambroise and Hind Heal
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 Dry places, hedgerows, woods.
June-September.
30 -50 cms.
Wood Sage has been used as a substitute for hops in beer flavouring. In ancient times, the Greeks, and in particular, Teucer, a king of Troy, used it as a medicine. In more recent times, Wood Sage tea was considered to be an effective protection against rheumatism. It has several other folk-names such as "wood garlic", "ambroise" and "hind heal" as it was thought that wounded deer could be cured by eating it.