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Woundwort
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Woundwort (Stachys) - The common S. lanata, a woolly-leaved plant used for edging, thrives in any soil. S.
Hedge Woundwort
Characteristics
This grows in dark woodland where it's matt purple flowers do not stand out very well.The leaves are distintive with their heart shape and finely toothed edges.
Bee Leaf Woundwort is a perennial herb with erect stems growing up to 60-80 cm. The slender stems have many branches. Leaf blade ovate-cordate to oblong-cordate, 5-6 Ã- ca. 2.3 cm, cordate, margin cut into rounded teeth, stalk 0.6-2.5 cm.
The Marsh Woundwort is common in marshy meadows and by the sides of rivers and ditches in most parts of Great Britain.
Achillea millefolium vernac. Bloodwort , Milfoil , Woundwort , Yarrow
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 13 August
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Common yarrow or milfoil has numerous folknames, including carpenter's herb, sanguinary, staunchgrass, soldier's woundwort, or bloodwort.
There are some 300 species of Stachys, also known as betonies, hedge nettles and woundworts. Most are herbaceous perennials, although a few are small shrubs.
Synonyms and Common names: Milfoil, Millefoil, Nosebleed, Staunchgrass, Thousand-leaf, Soldier's woundwort, Sanguinary, Bloodwort, Noble yarrow, Old Man's Pepper, Knight's Milfoil, Herbe Militaris, Thousand Weed, Carpenter's Weed, Staunchweed, ...
Stachys palustris, Common Woundwort
Streptopus roseus, Rose Twisted Stalk
Taraxacum officinale, Common Dandelion
Thalictrum spp, Meadowrues ...
eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight's milefoil, knyghten, milefolium, milfoil, millefoil, noble yarrow, nosebleed, old man's mustard, old man's pepper, sanguinary, seven year's love, snake's grass, soldier, soldier's woundwort, ...
Stachys sylvatica ( Hedge Woundwort )
Stachyurus chinensis ( Chinese Stachyurus )
Stachyurus praecox ( Magpie Stachyrus ) ...
In midsummer, winged aphids develop and migrate to the wild flower known as hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Infestations on currants come to an end at that time, although damaged foliage remains visible until leaf fall ...
Woolly Yarrow (Achillea tomentosa 'King Edward VIII')
Wooly Speedwell (Veronica incana)
Wormwood (Artemisia arborescens)
Wormwood (Artemisia x latiloba 'Valerie Finis')
Woundwort (Stachys officinalis)
Wright Viburnum (Viburnum wrightii) ...
 See also: May, Green, Stachys, Pink, Nettle
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