| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | STACHYS OFFICINALIS |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | BETONY |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | Height up to 50cm. The flowers are tubular, bright reddish-purple and borne in dense clusters at the end of sparsely leaved stems. The leaves are bluntly toothed and are long and heart-shaped with a rounded tip. Most leaves are found in the basal rosette. |
| DISTRIBUTION | Common in England and Wales. Absent elsewhere. |
| HABITAT | Sandy or chalky soils, grasslands and woodlands. |
| FLOWERING TIME | June to September. |