It is native to Western Europe and Tunisia, but cultivated in many places as an ornamental plant in gardens, and naturalized in several regions (New Zealand, Azores, and a few locales in North America).

[2][3] Teucrium scorodonia reaches on average 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) of height.

It is a hairy herbaceous perennial with erect and branched stems.

The leaves are petiolate, irregularly toothed, triangular-ovate to oblong shaped, lightly wrinkled.

These plants prefer sandy soils in woodland and acid heaths, at an altitude of 0–1,500 metres (0–4,921 ft) above sea level.