Field Woundwort - Stachys arvensis
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Species Description
Other names include: Corn Woundwort.
Stace 4:
Stachys arvensis (L.) L. - Field Woundwort.
Erect to ascending, hairy annual to 25cm, without glandular hairs; corolla dull pinkish-purple, 6-8mm; 2n=10. Archaeophyte-colonist; arable ground on non-calcareous soils; scattered throughout much of British Isles, rare in North Ireland and Scotland.
Key:
- Corolla purplish, very rarely white
- Annual; corolla <10mm