Family: Lamiaceae Stachys officinalis / Betonica officinalis     *     Betony Flowering time: June-October. Perennial Habitat: Found on dry grassland, heaths and at the edge of open woodland. Widespread in England and Wales on both acidic and calcareous soils. Oblong spikes with whorls of purple-red flowers, the calyx with bristle-pointed teeth. Leaves are coarsely blunt-toothed, the lower leaves stalked. Height 15-60cm.

     

Betony, Stachys officinalis
Dorset. August 2007