Common names:
Marsh hedgenettle, marsh woundwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Stachys palustris
Main flower color:
Range:
Al of the UK, except the Scottish Highlands and some other high elevation regions
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Marshes, streambanks, field margins, moist grassland
Flowers:
Corollas (up to 15 mm long) are pink, with white markings on the three-lobed lower lip. The upper lip is smaller, and slightly hooded. The purplish calyx is divided to around half its length into five spreading, triangular lobes. Flowers form in closely-spaced whorls along the upper portion of the stem, which is square in cross-section and hairy along the four angles
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, up to 12 cm long, on short stalks (less than 5 mm) near the base, otherwise sessile. Lined by regular teeth. Leaf surfaces and margins have a covering of short hairs
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
