Cedronella

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{other uses|Balm of Gilead (disambiguation)}}

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|image = Cedronella canariensis 2.jpg

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|genus = Cedronella

|parent_authority = Moench

|species = canariensis

|authority = (L.) Webb & Berthel.

|synonyms =

• Brittonastrum triphyllum (Moench) Lyons
• Cedronella madrensis M.E.Jones
• Cedronella triphylla Moench
• Dracocephalum balsamicum Salisb. nom. illeg.
• Dracocephalum canariense L.
• Dracocephalum ternatifolium Stokes

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-36239|title=The Plant List}}

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Cedronella is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Mentheae of the family Lamiaceae, comprising a single species, Cedronella canariensis, native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. It is also naturalized in various places (South Africa, St. Helena, New Zealand, California).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=36239 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] Common names include Canary Islands-balm,{{GRIN | access-date = 14 January 2018}} Canary balm, and Balm-of-Gilead.{{cite book|author=Bailey, L.H.|author2=Bailey, E.Z.|author3=the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium |date=1976 |title= Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada |url=https://archive.org/details/hortusthirdconci00bail|url-access=registration|publisher=Macmillan |location=New York|isbn=9780025054707 }}

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 1–1.5 m tall. The distinctive feature of these plants is the compound leaves consisting of 3 leaflets, unusual in the Lamiaceae, which usually have simple leaves. The leafy stems terminate in dense, short spikes of flowers with tubular 2-lipped white or pink flowers.

The genus name is a diminutive of Cedrus, though the only connection between this herb and the large conifers of Cedrus is a vaguely similar resinous scent of the foliage.