skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Germander (Teucrium canadense L.)

Family: Labiatae

Medicinal uses: Used as a diaphoretic, diuretic and emmenagogue; applied externally to cuts as an antiseptic dressing

Part used medicinally: Leaf

Native origin: E. N. America

Teucrium canadense L.

Teucrium canadense L.

Photos: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago