Betony

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Lamiales

Lamiaceae (Dead-nettle)

Annual Woundwort, Apple Mint, Balkan Clary, Basil Thyme, Bastard Balm, Bifid Hemp-nettle, Black Horehound, Breckland Thyme, Bugle, Catmint, Common Calamint, Common Hemp-nettle, Corn Mint, Corsican Mint, Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Cut-leaved Germander, Cut-leaved Selfheal, Downy Woundwort, False Apple Mint, Field Woundwort, Garden Catmint, Garden Clary, Ginger Mint, Ground Ivy, Ground-pine, Gypsywort, Hedge Woundwort, Henbit Dead-nettle, Horse Mint, Lamb's-ear, Large Thyme, Large-flowered Hemp-nettle, Lemon Balm, Lesser Calamint, Lesser Skullcap, Limestone Woundwort, Marsh Woundwort, Meadow Clary, Northern Dead-nettle, Oregano, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, Pyramidal Bugle, Red Dead-nettle, Red Hemp-nettle, Rosemary, Round-leaved Mint, Selfheal, Sharp-leaved Mint, Skullcap, Somerset Skullcap, Spearmint, Spotted Dead-nettle, Sticky Clary, Tall Mint, Variegated Yellow Archangel, Wall Germander, Water Germander, Water Mint, White Dead-nettle, White Horehound, Whorled Clary, Whorled Mint, Wild Basil, Wild Clary, Wild Thyme, Wood Calamint, Wood Sage, Yellow Archangel

Flower

Perennial

50 centimetres tall

Farmland, grassland, heathland, woodland.

Dense pink to purple flower spike.

After the flowers have died off, each flower leaves behind four 3-sided, smooth, brown nutlets at the bottom of the calyx.

Bluntly toothed, oval, stalked leaves, mostly in basal rosettes. Some paired leaves along the stem.

Unpleasant smelling.

Bishop's Wort, Bishopswort, Common Hedgenettle, Purple Betony, Wood Betony, Woundwort.

Occasionally seen