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Germandra americana
Teucrium canadense
La germandra americana, tambien llamada salvia de bosque (wood sage), es una planta perenne nativa muy extendida en America del Norte, de la familia de la menta, que avanza de forma constante bajo tierra mediante rizomas rastreros. Desde principios hasta mediados del verano levanta tallos erectos y suavemente vellosos rematados por espigas unilaterales de flores de color rosa palido a lavanda, cada una con el labio inferior profundamente lobulado caracteristico que da a las germandras su aspecto y que ofrece una plataforma de aterrizaje generosa para las abejas. Es una planta de terreno abierto y humedo - praderas humedas, orillas de arroyos, zanjas y los bordes de los matorrales - en la mayor parte del territorio continental de Estados Unidos hasta el sur de Canada, lo que dice exactamente lo que quiere: sol y un suelo que no se seque. La advertencia honesta es su vigor: esos mismos rizomas que llenan tan facilmente un talud o un jardin de lluvia tambien colonizan un parterre de perennes ordenado y desplazan a vecinos mas educados. Ubicala donde pueda extenderse, o ponle una barrera de raices, y te recompensara con una floracion larga, fiable y amiga de las abejas en lugar de una lucha de mantenimiento.
Climate fit: moderate (58/100)
Pollinator
Filler
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
12-36" tall · 18" apart
Hardy in zones
4a-9b
very cold to frosty winters
Native in Illinois
No
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Las flores estivales labiadas y unilaterales son una autentica fuente de nectar y son visitadas de forma constante por las abejas, cuyas visitas mueven el polen entre plantas y mejoran el cuajado de semillas; el ancho labio inferior actua como plataforma de aterrizaje.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 41 ecoregions — 40 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 suited today. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Chilean Matorral
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Germandra americana (Teucrium canadense). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/teucrium-canadense
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