Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica, Créachtlus
Photographs: Co. Cork

Hedge Woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
Créachtlus
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native.

Terminal spikes of deep red-purple flowers with a white lip pattern. Most fruit ripens. The hairy leaves are heart-shaped and pointed. All leaves are stalked and similar to nettle leaves but without stinging hairs. The whole plant has a distinctive, pungent smell when bruised. Height 30-80cm

Very frequent in woods, hedgebanks and on roadsides.

Similar:Marsh Woundwort, S. palustris has paler flowers and lanceolate leaves. Hybrids between the two species occur: Stachys x ambigua

Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica, Créachtlus

Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica, Créachtlus
Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica, Créachtlus

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