Wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Leaves from wall germander were used to make tea for the treatment of gout, dropsy and stomach and scrophula upsets

Teucrium chamaedrys = (Teucrium officinalis)

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1775]

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 23.1 cm

Chamaedrys major, repens. C.B.Pin.248. Chamaedrys, vulgo, vera existimata. I.T.3.288. - I.R.H.205. - Ital. Quercignola, e Camedrio - Gall. Germandrée

Wellcome Collection 17121i