Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Marsh Woundwort, Stachys palustris, Duilleog na saor
Photographs: Co. Cork

Marsh Woundwort
Stachys palustris
Duilleog na saor
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: July-October. Perennial.

Spikes of pink-purple flowers with a white pattern on lower lip. Flowers are occasionally white. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, fine-toothed and almost stalk-less with only a slightly pungent smell. Can spread widely by underground rhizomes. Height: 30-90cm.

Frequent. Damp and wet ground. Streamsides, ditches, fields, roadsides.

Similar: Hedge woundwort, S. sylvatica. Rounder leaves, a more pungent smell and deep red-purple flowers. Hybrids occur.

Marsh Woundwort, Stachys palustris, Duilleog na saor

Marsh Woundwort, Stachys palustris, Duilleog na saor
Marsh Woundwort, Stachys palustris, Duilleog na saor

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