Family: Lamiaceae Ballota nigra     *     Black Horehound Flowering time: June-October. Perennial Habitat: Hedgerows, waste ground and field edges in disturbed, nutrient-rich ground. Common throughout much of England and Wales, rare in N Scotland and Ireland. Whorls of 2-lipped red-purple flowers in leaf axils, the funnel-shaped calyx with five pointed teeth. An erect hairy plant, strong smelling when bruised with short-stalked, coarse-toothed leaves. Height 40-80cm

     






Black Horehound, Ballota nigra
Holton Lee, Dorset. October 2012