Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Dead-nettles

Some members of the dead-nettle family (Lamiaceae):




















White dead-nettle Lamium album, a favourite plant of bumblebees























Red dead-nettle Lamium purpureum, flowers all year-round

























Ground ivy Glechoma hederaceae, in damp grassy places, often on the edge of woodlands




































Bugle Ajuga reptans grows in woodland and damp meadows






































Self-heal Prunella vulgaris, in short grass and waste places



Henbit deadnettle Lamium amplexicaule, grows in disturbed ground e.g. edges of arable fields

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Marsh woundwort Stachys palustris, in ditches and wet soils, hybridises with hedge woundwort (below)

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Hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, common in shady hedgerows and woodland edges. Unpleasant pungent smell when crushed.

























Wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, woodland edges, especially on acid soils





Black horehound Ballota nigra, hedgerows, stiff hairs make it rough to the touch, very pungent when crushed




Common hemp nettle Galeopsis tetrahit, often on arable land and usually with flowers tinged pink; this white-flowered form is a weed in my garden





















Betony Betonica officinalis, often in grassland beside roads and footpaths


2 comments:

  1. What a good post, I see very few of those in my area but this year, the Self Heal is very tall and prolific.

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    1. self-heal grows around the edge of my lawn (which is a rather too dignified name for a patch of grass in the centre of our garden) - the bees like it

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