genus Teucrium, Teucrium - large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia

American germander, Teucrium canadense, wood sage - subshrub with serrate leaves and cream to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America

Teucrium chamaedrys, wall germander - European perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots

cat thyme, marum, Teucrium marum - Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats

Teucrium scorodonia, wood sage - European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America

subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base