Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Field Woundwort, Stachys arvensis, Cuislín gan duaire
Photographs: Co. Cork

Field Woundwort
Stachys arvensis
Cuislín gan duaire
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: April-September. Annual. Introduced.

Leafy spikes with axillary whorls of 2-lipped pale pink-purple flowers and 4 stamens. The calyx is nearly as long as or equal to the corolla. Leaves are blunt-toothed and oval, the lower leaves stalked, the upper leaves un-stalked. A branched, hairy plant with straggling or sometimes erect stems. Height to 25cm.

Occasional, an 'arable weed' mainly found in S and SE Ireland on acidic or sandy cultivated or waste ground.

Field Woundwort, Stachys arvensis, Cuislín gan duaire

Field Woundwort, Stachys arvensis, Cuislín gan duaire
Field Woundwort, Stachys arvensis, Cuislín gan duaire

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