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Lamb's-ear, Stachys byzantina
Photographs below: Co. Waterford

Lamb's-ear
Stachys byzantina
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering June-September. Perennial. Garden escape.

Tall, thick-stemmed spikes of small whitish or pink-purplish flowers. The soft, wrinkled, greyish-green leaves are deciduous but sometimes last into early winter and new leaf growth is produced in the spring. Flower-stems to 60cm tall.

Grows in gardens in light, well-drained soil in full sun and is occasionally recorded as a garden escape or discard.

Lamb's-ear, Stachys byzantina

Lamb's-ear, Stachys byzantina
Lamb's-ear, Stachys byzantina

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