65.) LAMIACEAE - Dead-nettle family
LAMIACEAE - Dead-nettle family
STACHYS L.
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Stachys byzantina K. Koch (Lamb's-ear) 1984 / General Scarce Widely grown in gardens and often escapes onto pavements and other nearby ground.
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Stachys germanica L. (ssp. germanica) (Downy Woundwort) - [Sandwith, 1932] General Extinct Recorded from a fowl-run at Kingswood in 1917 and Baptist Mills, Bristol in 1931 by C.I. Sandwith.
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Stachys cretica L. ssp. salviifolia (Ten.) Rech. f. (Cretan Woundwort?, Cretan Hedge-nettle - GBIF, Mediterranean Woundwort - Cretan Flora) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as S. salviifolia)] General Extinct A native of southern Europe; recorded at St Philip's Marsh in 1919 by G.C. Druce (as S. salviifolia).
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Stachys sylvatica L. (Hedge Woundwort) / General Very Common Common and conspicuous on hedgebanks, road verges, woodland, river banks, churchyards, shaded gardens and occasionally at the bases of walls.
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var. sylvatica General The nominate plant with the same range and distribution as the species.
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var. subsericea Grogn. General A distinctively downy form with smaller leaves (about 4.5 x 3 cm). First discovered locally at Peasedown St. John, North Somerset in 2000s by ? [BSBI record] and found for the first time in the north of the region in a small paddock adjacent to the M32 close to Avon Wildlife Trust’s Grow Wilder site in Stapleton in 2021 by G. Balfry and S. Waycott and later encountered that same year at Ashton Court and again by the Begbrook bus stop close to the original site in 2024.
[Also recorded near North Wraxall in 2010s by ? - BSBI record. Is it within the region?]
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Stachys sylvatica x S. palustris = S. x *ambigua* Sm. (Hybrid Woundwort) General Wetland A rare and sporadic hybrid; occurring where both parents meet. First recorded in our region from Castle Hill, Walton-in-Gordano in 1915 by E. Ellman.
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Stachys palustris L. (Marsh Woundwort) / Wetland Uncommon Widespread in damp marshy places such as along the banks of watercourses and around the margins of ponds and reservoirs. It is particularly plentiful around Blagdon and Chew Valley Lakes. First recorded in our region from St Anne's Wood, Brislington in 1834 by Bristol antiquarian, G.W. Braikenridge.
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Stachys arvensis (L.) L. (Field Woundwort) / General Rare A much declined plant of arable fields and other disturbed ground. A record of particular interest was made of a single plant at the base of a wall on Phoenix Grove, Goldenhill, Bristol on Christmas day in 2025 by D. Peters, possibly arising as a birdseed alien.
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Stachys ocymastrum (L.) Briq. (Italian Hedgenettle - GBIF, Hairy Woundwort - MaltaWildPlants.com, PlantNet) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] General Extinct A native of the Mediterranean; recorded at Bristol in 1935 by C.I. Sandwith (Bristol Botany in 1935) - a first and only record for the British Isles.
[Find out exactly where as it does not say.]
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Stachys recta L. (Perennial Yellow-woundwort) 1898 General Extinct Recorded as a casual at Portishead in 1898 by Miss Walker in Rep. B.E.C., 1923 (Sandwith, 1932).
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Stachys annua (L.) L. (Annual Yellow-woundwort) 1908 General Extinct Formerly a rare casual of working yards. Recorded at St. Philips Marsh in 1916 by C.I. Sandwith; at Avonmouth Docks in 1931 by C.I. Sandwith and H.J. Gibbons [BMAG]; and again in 1938 by ? [BMAG].
BETONICA L.
- Betonica officinalis L. (ssp. officinalis) (Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis.) (Betony) / General Uncommon A plant of species-rich grassland, hedgebanks, and along open woodland rides and clearings. It has declined. First recorded locally from St Anne's Wood, Brislington in 1834 by Bristol antiquarian G.W. Braikenridge.
BALLOTA L.
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Ballota nigra L.(Black Horehound) / General Uncommon Well-distributed over the region in open woodland, hedgebanks, road verges, dry scrubby slopes, and around styles; often associated with habitation.
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ssp. nigra - [Sandwith, 1932 (as var. mollissima)] General Extinct Recorded at St Phillips Marsh in 1916 by C.I. Sandwith and on waste ground at Ashton Gate in 1928 by C.I. Sandwith (as var. mollissima).
[Check 1916 record as not mentioned in Sandwith, 1932.]
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ssp. meridionalis (Bég.) Bég. General Uncommon The native plant to which most records refer.
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ssp. ruderalis (Sw.) Briq. - [Sandwith, 1932 (as B. ruderalis)] General Extinct Recorded at St Phillips Marsh in 1916 by C.I. Sandwith and T.H. Green; at Avonmouth Docks in 1932 by C.I. Sandwith; and at Portishead Dock in 1932 by E. Ellman and C.I. Sandwith.
MARRUBIUM L.
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Marrubium vulgare L. (White Horehound) /- Grassland 8 records 1977 16/06/1977 ST345572 Hellenge Hill - AWT Reserve Pinches Mr.A. Andy 18 1977 Possibly 1977 ST360585 Lower Canada Combe, approximate site grid reference Bristol Naturalists' Society recorder - - 7655 1984 19/04/1984 ST3656 Shiplate Wood Weeks - John 101 1984 24/07/1984 ST371562 Loxton Hill. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Cropper S Robert 259 1985 28/04/1985 ST346631 Worle Hill McDonnell - Liz 57 1985 24/05/1985 ST332574 Purn Hill Roe Capt. R G. - 59 1987 17/05/1987 ST373561 Loxton, inc. Quarry Area Coles, Mr A. 2015 16/05/2015 ST633765 Oldbury Court Comont Mr Richard 6910
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Marrubium alysson L. - (Plaited-leaved White Horehound - Flora of Israel and adjacent areas, Alysson's Horehound?) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
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Marrubium peregrinum L. (Mediterranean Horehound?) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
LEONURUS L.
- Leonurus cardiaca L. (Motherwort) 1926 General 2 records 1911 04/07/1911 ST5476 The Avon between Bristol and Pill, North Somerset Sandwith I Cecil 9526 2019 25/07/2019 ST7494462384 Hawthorn Grove area, Combe Down sulisminerva - CNC records - - 19488
LAMIASTRUM Heist. ex Fabr.
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Lamiastrum galeobdolon (L.) Ehrend. & Polatschek Woodland 1st record 1834 May 1834 ST622724 St Anne's Wood, Brislington Braikenridge Mr G.W. - 7269
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ssp. montanum (Pers.) Ehrend. & Polatschek (Yellow Archangel) / Woodland The native plant of woods and hedgebanks.
1st record 1915 16/05/1915 ST499754 Portbury Sandwith I Cecil 9526
- ssp. argentatum (Smejkal) Stace (Garden Yellow Archangel) / General An introduction with silvery-white blotches on its leaves; widely found established on road verges, urban woods and hedgebanks.
1st record 1988 27/07/1988 ST4772 Mogg's Wood area Randall D Rob 55
LAMIUM L.
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Lamium album L. (White Dead-nettle) / General Very Common 1st 1834 May 1834 ST622724 St Anne's Wood, Brislington Braikenridge Mr G.W. - 7269
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Lamium orvala L. (Balm-leaved Archangel) General Very Rare Recorded at St Mary's churchyard, Walcot, Bath in 2019 by ? [CNC record].
[Check this record.]
- Lamium maculatum (L.) L. (Spotted Dead-nettle) - General Found in a front garden in Bristol in 2024 by D. Peters.
1st 1919 14/05/1919 ST526716 Roadside Beggars Bush. Failand Sandwith I Cecil 9526
- Lamium orientale (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) E.H.L. Krause (Wiedemannia orientalis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) (find common name! - Oriental Dead-nettle?) 1916 General
[Rupert said he's seen it somewhere.]
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Lamium purpureum L. (Red Dead-nettle) / General
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Lamium hybridum Vill. (Cut-leaved Dead-nettle) / General 1st record 1929 11/05/1929 ST473720 Tickenham Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Lamium confertum Fr. (Northern Dead-nettle) 1907 General 2records 1916 29/04/1916 ST6357 Hallatrow Sandwith I Cecil 9526 1922 21/04/1922 ST315582 at the foot of Uphill Rocks, North Somerset Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Lamium amplexicaule L. (Henbit Dead-nettle) / General
GALEOPSIS L.
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Galeopsis angustifolia Ehrh. ex Hoffm. (Red Hemp-nettle) General Charlton fields and old cement workings, Wooscombe. First found by John Aldridge 1985 and still there 2001; 1985 17/08/1985 ST749604 South Stoke, Hodshill Lane, cornfield, rubbish tip Randall D Rob 55 1985 Jun-Sept 1985 ST750603 Upper Midford & Cambrook Randall D Rob 55 2008 06/06/2008 ST315581 Uphill LNR Smith Mr Richie 2881 1999 12/05/1999 ST441610 Brinsea Batch Grant Ms.S. Sue 269 1992 1991-1992 ST524767 Lamplighters West Ruston Mr R Roger 575 1994 1992-1994 ST5276 Lamplighters Marsh, Shirehampton - paddock outside Lamplighter's Pub to the Avon Bridge, & from Avon river bank to the railway. Ruston - Roger 575
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Galeopsis ladanum L. (ssp. ladanum) (Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle) - [Sandwith, 1932] General 2 records, same plant prob 1931 23/08/1931 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912 1931 August 1931 ST5179 Avonmouth Docks Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Galeopsis tetrahit L. (Common Hemp-nettle) - General 1st record 1834 May 1834 ST622724 St Anne's Wood, Brislington Braikenridge Mr G.W. - 7269
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Galeopsis bifida Boenn. (Bifid Hemp-nettle) General 1st record 1957 27/07/1957 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912
ELSHOLTZIA Willd.
- Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. (Vietnamese Balm, Comb Mint - Wikipedia, Crested Late-summer-mint - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 & Glos. Fl. as E. patrini] General 1 record 1930 28/09/1930 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912
[Not sure if best placed here.]
PHLOMIS L.
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Phlomis russeliana (Sims) Benth. (Turkish Sage) General 1 record Turkish Sage 2019 29/05/2019 ST7385365428 Royal Victoria Park area, Kingsmead emmac27 - CNC records - - 18671
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Phlomis fruticosa L. (Jerusalem Sage) General 1 record Jerusalem Sage 2019 21/05/2019 ST6185777788 Little Stony Leas area, Stoke Gifford stevegodbold - CNC records - - 19471
SCUTELLARIA L.
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Scutellaria galericulata L. (Skullcap) / Wetland 1st record 1916 02/07/1916 ST5673 By the Avon under Leigh Woods Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Scutellaria minor Huds. (Lesser Skullcap) Wetland 2 records 1992 16/08/1992 ST66387538 Charn Hill, Rodway Hill, place may refer to name of 1km ref. Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922 1993 22/08/1993 ST66387538 Charn Hill, Rodway Hill, place may refer to name of 1km ref. Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922
Also S. altissima 3 records 2010 02/04/2010 ST56687562 Downleaze, comments may contain more location details, place may refer to name of 1km ref. Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922 2010 07/06/2010 ST5675 Downleaze, comments may contain more location details, place may refer to name of 1km ref. Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922 2018 11/06/2018 ST7258064120 Kelston View area, Twerton Bath City Farm - - 11806
TEUCRIUM L.
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Teucrium scorodonia L. (Wood Sage) / General 1st record 1920 16/07/1920 ST5673 bank by the Avon, Clifton Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Teucrium chamaedrys L. (Wall Germander) General Very Rare Found on Sand Point, where it was first recorded in 1985 by A. Coles. Also a clump was found in the grounds of the roofless church of St Peter, Castle Park, Bristol in 2023 by D. Peters.
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Teucrium spinosum L. (Spiny Germander - gardenexplorer.org, Spinose Germander?) General
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Teucrium resupinatum Desf. (Reversed Germander?) General 1 record 1925 25/10/1925 ST600751 St Werburghs Sandwith I Cecil 9526
Also T. botrys 1 record 2005 05/06/2005 ST412630 Puxton Moor SNCI Samphire Mrs B Beth 565
, T. scordium 1 record 27/07/2008 ST4246873432 Walton Common (WC) Smith - Justin 715
AMETHYSTEA L.
- Amethystea caerulea L. (Blue Amethystea) - [Sandwith, 1932] General Extinct 1 record 1930 28/09/1930 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912
[Not sure if best placed here.]
AJUGA L.
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Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. (Ground-pine) - [Brist. Fl., Sandwith, 1932] General
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Ajuga reptans L. (Bugle) / General 1st 1834 May 1834 ST622724 St Anne's Wood, Brislington Braikenridge Mr G.W. - 7269
NEPETA L.
- Nepeta cataria L. (Cat-mint) /- General Very Rare 8 records 1914 27/07/1914 ST6569 near Keynsham Sandwith I Cecil 9526 1934 21/08/1934 ST5671 Noted as waste ground, Ashton Gate, Bristol Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912 1985 04/09/1985 ST738721 Tog Hill, BS30 Woodman, Mr J.P. 1986 13/08/1986 ST738721 Tog Hill, BS30 Hedley Mr. S. M. Stuart 20 1988 18/09/1988 ST4474 In Weston Lodge area, Weston-in-Gordano Cropper S Robert 259 1992 Apr May July 1992 ST784602 Freshford Quinn - Phil 32 1996 1996 ST4474 Weston-in-Gordano Greenway, C. 2005 26/06/2005 ST3364 Sand Bay. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset McDonnell - Liz 57
A record of great interest was made when eight plants appeared on an ex-roadwork site on Horfield Common, Bristol in 2023 by D. Peters - the first time it had been recorded in Bristol for over 100 years!
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Nepeta racemosa x N. nepetella = N. x *faassenii* Bergmans ex Stearn (Garden Cat-mint) / General 14 records 1986 1986 ST559568 Ridge Avon Flora Project 2389 1992 19/04/1992 ST326609 Weston Super Mare, Ellenborough Park, recreation grounds, railway area Randall D Rob 55 1992 21/03/1992 ST330638 North Somerset, Kewstoke Randall D Rob 55 1995 30/07/1995 ST331648 Sand Bay, comments may have more precise location details. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Green Mr P Ian 840 1998 1998 ST331644 Kewstoke Green, Mr I., Green, Mr P. 1998 16/05/1998 ST331644 Kewstoke, comments may have more precise location details. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Green Mr P Ian 840 1998 16/05/1998 ST331644 Kewstoke, comments may have more precise location details. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Green Mr R Paul 839 2007 04/10/2007 ST331646 Sand Bay dunes, Kewstoke Webster Mrs Margaret 3012 2007 04/10/2007 ST331655 Sand Bay, comments may have more precise location details. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Crouch Dr Helena J 1568 2009 07/09/2009 ST331648 Sand Bay, comments may have more precise location details. Location is as given to BRERC as part of large dataset Crouch Dr Helena J 1568 2010 31/05/2010 ST3364 Sand Bay Martin P John 249 2013 08/06/2013 ST736640 Linear Park, Bath, central site grid reference Mortin Dr Jon 2570 2013 08/06/2013 ST736640 Linear Park, Bath Mortin Dr Jon 2570 2018 24/10/2018 ST5686773876 College Road area, Clifton lucymottram - CNC records - - 19068
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Nepeta racemosa Lam. (Eastern Cat-mint) - recorded as an escape along the River Avon Towpath at Bath in 2025 by Dave Pole [SRPG Newsletter 2025, p. 55] General
GLECHOMA L.
- Glechoma hederacea L. (Ground-ivy) / General Common 1st record 1932 June 1932 ST517731 Lower Failand, Oxhouse Lane North - S B 4344
PRUNELLA L.
- Prunella vulgaris L. (Selfheal) / General Very Common Common in short grassy places including open grassland, old lawns, hedgebanks, open woods.
1st record same as above 1932 June 1932 ST517731 Lower Failand, Oxhouse Lane North - S B 4344
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Prunella vulgaris x P. laciniata = P. x *intermedia* Link (Hybrid Selfheal) Grassland 8 records all Hazel Lane/Stroud Common or Tytherington. 1st record 1991 28/07/1991 ST66258808 Grovesend Quarry, Tytherington, comments may contain more location details, place may refer to name of 1km ref. Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922.
Then 2001 Lower Hazel, Lloyd RJ Richard 2889 03/07/2002 Lower Hazel Down Edmondson Mr R. Roger 451 04/08/2004 Grovesend Quarry, Tytherington, . Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922 29/06/2009 Lower Hazel, Stroud Common, comments Kitchen or Kitchen and others - Mark and or Clare 9922 -
Prunella laciniata (L.) L. (Cut-leaved Selfheal) Grassland 18 records. A few locations. Stroud Common Olveston, Tytherington and 1 record by a consultancy at Langridge. 1st record 1947 29/06/1947 ST667887 Limestone down above Tytherington Sandwith Y Noel 9527
DRACOCEPHALUM L.
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Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. (American Dragon-head) - [Sandwith, 1932] General 2 records 1928 30/06/1928 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912 1931 12/07/1931 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912
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Dracocephalum ibericum M. Bieb. (Iberian Dragon's-head?, Dragon's-head - Wikipedia) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Lallemantia iberica)] General
SIDERITIS L.
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Sideritis montana L. (Mountain Ironwort) - [Brist. Fl., Sandwith, 1932] General 1 record 1930 07/09/1930 ST5178 Noted as Avonmouth Docks Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery - - 2912
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Sideritis lanata L. (Hairy Ironwort - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
MELISSA L.
- Melissa officinalis L. (Balm) / General Uncommon Frequent on pavements and walls, particularly those which are slightly damp and shaded around Bristol.
1st record 1919 25/09/1919 ST646702 By the Avon, Hanham Ferry Sandwith I Cecil 9526
CLINOPODIUM L.
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Clinopodium ascendens (Jord.) Samp. (Common Calamint) / General 1st record 1956 11/08/1956 ST4472 Limestone Slope, Tickenham Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze ssp. spruneri (Boiss.) Bartolucci & F. Conti (Lesser Calamint) - BRLSI (as C. calamintha) General
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Clinopodium vulgare L. (Wild Basil) / General 1st 2 records 1956 1956 ST656876 Tytherington, (Manor Farm) Thornbury County Sec. school 2559 1956 11/08/1956 ST4572 Limestone slope at Tickenham Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Clinopodium acinos (L.) Kuntze (Basil Thyme) / General 1st record 1916 01/06/1916 ST5673 Avon, Clifton Sandwith I Cecil 9526
ALso Clinopodium menthifolium
10 records 1924 29/08/1924 ST670884 Roadside, Tytherington Sandwith I Cecil 9526 1956 1956 ST656876 Tytherington, (Manor Farm) Thornbury County Sec. school 2559 1956 August 1956 ST4572 Limestone banks in slope at Tickenham, North Somerset Sandwith I Cecil 9526 1981 27/06/1981 ST345572 Hellenge Hill - AWT Reserve Pinches Mr.A. Andy 18 1986 1985 - 1986 ST476651 Goblin Combe (GC) AWT recorder - - 8347 1998 26/04/1998 ST3157 Walborough Green, Mr I. 1999 1989 to 1999 ST445745 Middle Hill Common Dixon Mr. B. Bill 00599 1999 21/06/1999 ST345572 Hellenge Hill - AWT Reserve Somerset Rare Plants Group - - 3687 2002 24/07/2002 ST337576 Bleadon Hills Fields Pedlow A. 1640 2002 30/07/2002 ST336575 Bleadon Hills Fields Pedlow A. 1640 I remember the plant, though I didn't do the identifying on those - Ellen McDouall did. . Will check data entry on those
ORIGANUM L.
- Origanum vulgare L. (Wild Marjoram) / General 1st record 1920 28/07/1920 ST560746 Slopes of Black Quarry, Clifton Sandwith I Cecil 9526
THYMUS L.
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Thymus pulegioides L. (Large Thyme) / Grassland 1st record 1920 03/08/1920 ST4771 On limestone between Tickenham and Wraxall Sandwith I Cecil 9526
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Thymus drucei Ronniger (T. praecox Opiz ssp. britannicus (Ronniger) Holub (Kew) T. polytrichus A. Kern. ex Borbás ssp. britannicus (Ronniger) Kerguélen (NBN) (Wild Thyme) / Grassland
Also Thymus serpyllum and Thymus vulgaris T.s. 3 records 1926 25/06/1926 ST395708 Old church Hill, Clevedon, North Somerset Sandwith I Cecil 9526 1926 25/06/1926 ST568745 Clifton Down Sandwith I Cecil 9526 1979 19/06/1979 ST725682 Meadows up by Lansdown Racecouse Avon Wildlife Trust - - 8
T.v. 23 records 1st is 1979 13/07/1979 ST794663 Brown's Folly - top Paskin Mr. M. Mike 507.
Presumably these are data entry errors for Wild Thyme?
LYCOPUS L.
- Lycopus europaeus L. (Gypsywort) / Wetland 1st record 1834 May 1834 ST622724 St Anne's Wood, Brislington Braikenridge Mr G.W. - 7269
MENTHA L.
Also Mentha x villosa var. villosa, Mentha suaveolens, Mentha longifolia, Mentha aquatica x suaveolens = M. x suavis
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Mentha arvensis L. (Corn Mint) - General
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Mentha arvensis x M. aquatica = M. x *verticillata* L. (Whorled Mint) - Wetland
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Mentha arvensis x M. aquatica x M. spicata = M. x *smithiana* R.A. Graham (Tall Mint) 1973 /- Wetland
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Mentha arvensis x M. spicata = M. x *gracilis* Sole (Bushy Mint) - BSBI records General
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Mentha aquatica L. (Water Mint) / Wetland
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Mentha aquatica x M. spicata = M. x *piperita* L. (Mentha x piperita L. ssp. piperita - NBN) (Peppermint) /- Wetland
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Mentha spicata L. (Spear Mint) / General
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Mentha spicata x M. longifolia = M. x *villosonervata* Opiz (Sharp-toothed Mint) - BSBI records General
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Mentha spicata x M. suaveolens = M. x *villosa Huds. (var. alopecuroides* (Hull) Briq.? - Stace) (Apple-mint) General
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Mentha longifolia x M. suaveolens = M. x *rotundifolia* (L.) Huds. (False Apple-mint) General
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Mentha pulegium L. (Pennyroyal) 1949 /- General - [found as a likely introduction on Royal Portbury Dock Road in 2025 by P. Quinn (Nature in Avon in 2025, p. 193).]
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Mentha requienii Benth. (Corsican Mint) General - BRLSI
ROSMARINUS L.
- Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Rosemary) / General Found self-seeding at the bases of walls. The trailing cultivar was found on the harbourside at Castle Park in 2023 by D. Peters.
SALVIA L.
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Salvia sclarea L. (Clary) 1958 General
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Salvia glutinosa L. (Sticky Clary) 1938 General
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Salvia forskaehlei L. (Indigo Wood Sage) General Very Rare Several plants were found self-seeded over slate chippings in an otherwise barren front garden on Radnor Road, Bishopston, Bristol in 2024 by D. Peters. There is some confusion over the correct spelling of the specific epiphet but this is how it was originally described.
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Salvia pratensis L. (ssp. pratensis) (Meadow Clary) 1919 General
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Salvia verbenaca L. ssp. horminoides (Pourr.) Nyman (Wild Clary) / Grassland
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Salvia officinalis L. (Sage) /- General
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Salvia nemorosa L. (ssp. nemorosa? - Kew) (Balkan Clary) 1920 / General
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Salvia reflexa Hornem. (Mintweed) General
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Salvia viridis L. (Annual Clary) 1979 General
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Salvia verticillata L. (ssp. verticillata - Kew) (Whorled Clary) 1967 / General
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Salvia yangii B.T. Drew (Russian Sage) - [on DB as Perovskia atriplicifolia] General Very Rare A popular plant of gardens and public planting displays and very persistent after neglect or as a throwout. First recorded in a hedgerow at Shirehampton in 1985 by I.F. Gravestock.
Lavendula angustifolia
List:
- Stachys byzantina K. Koch (Lamb's-ear) 1984 / General
- Stachys germanica L. (ssp. germanica - Kew, GBIF) (Downy Woundwort) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Stachys cretica L. ssp. salviifolia (Ten.) Rech. f. (Cretan Woundwort?, Cretan Hedge-nettle - GBIF, Mediterranean Woundwort - Cretan Flora) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as S. salviifolia)] General
- Stachys sylvatica L. (Hedge Woundwort) / General
- Stachys sylvatica L. var. subsericea Grogn. (Hedge Woundwort) General
- Stachys sylvatica x S. palustris = S. x ambigua Sm. (Hybrid Woundwort) General
- Stachys palustris L. (Marsh Woundwort) / Wetland
- Stachys arvensis (L.) L. (Field Woundwort) / General
- Stachys ocymastrum (L.) Briq. (Italian Hedgenettle - GBIF, Hairy Woundwort - MaltaWildPlants.com, PlantNet) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] General
- Stachys recta L. (Perennial Yellow-woundwort) 1898 General
- Stachys annua (L.) L. (Annual Yellow-woundwort) 1908 General
- Betonica officinalis L. (Stace, Kew) (var. officinalis - NBN / ssp. officinalis - Kew) Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis. (NBN) (Betony) / General
- Ballota nigra L. ssp. meridionalis (Bég.) Bég. (Black Horehound) / General
- Ballota nigra L. ssp. nigra - [Sandwith, 1932 (as var. mollissima)] General
- Ballota nigra L. ssp. ruderalis (Sw.) Briq. - [Sandwith, 1932 (as B. ruderalis)] General
- Marrubium vulgare L. (White Horehound) /- Grassland
- Marrubium alysson L. - (Plaited-leaved White Horehound - Flora of Israel and adjacent areas, Alysson's Horehound?) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Marrubium peregrinum L. (Mediterranean Horehound?) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Leonurus cardiaca L. (Motherwort) 1926 General
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon (L.) Ehrend. & Polatschek ssp. montanum (Pers.) Ehrend. & Polatschek (Yellow Archangel) / Woodland
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon (L.) Ehrend. & Polatschek ssp. argentatum (Smejkal) Stace (Garden Yellow Archangel) / General
- Lamium album L. (White Dead-nettle) / General
- Lamium orvala L. (Balm-leaved Archangel) General
- Lamium maculatum (L.) L. (Spotted Dead-nettle) - General
- Lamium orientale (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) E.H.L. Krause (Kew, EDIT, GBIF) Wiedemannia orientalis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. (old name) (find common name! - Oriental Dead-nettle?) 1916 General
- Lamium purpureum L. (Red Dead-nettle) / General
- Lamium hybridum Vill. (Cut-leaved Dead-nettle) / General
- Lamium confertum Fr. (Northern Dead-nettle) 1907 General
- Lamium amplexicaule L. (Henbit Dead-nettle) / General
- Galeopsis angustifolia Ehrh. ex Hoffm. (Red Hemp-nettle) General
- Galeopsis ladanum L. (ssp. ladanum - Kew, GBIF) (Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Galeopsis tetrahit L. (Common Hemp-nettle) - General
- Galeopsis bifida Boenn. (Bifid Hemp-nettle) General
- Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. (Vietnamese Balm, Comb Mint - Wikipedia, Crested Late-summer-mint - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 & Glos. Fl. as E. patrini] General
- Phlomis russeliana (Sims) Benth. (Turkish Sage) General
- Phlomis fruticosa L. (Jerusalem Sage) General
- Scutellaria galericulata L. (Skullcap) / Wetland
- Scutellaria minor Huds. (Lesser Skullcap) Wetland
- Teucrium scorodonia L. (Wood Sage) / General
- Teucrium chamaedrys L. (Wall Germander) General
- Teucrium spinosum L. (Spiny Germander - gardenexplorer.org, Spinose Germander?) General
- Teucrium resupinatum Desf. (Reversed Germander?) General
- Amethystea caerulea L. (Blue Amethystea - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. (Ground-pine) - [Brist. Fl., Sandwith, 1932] General
- Ajuga reptans L. (Bugle) / General
- Nepeta cataria L. (Cat-mint) /- General
- Nepeta racemosa x N. nepetella = N. x faassenii Bergmans ex Stearn(Garden Cat-mint) / General
- Nepeta racemosa Lam. (Eastern Cat-mint) - recorded as an escape along the River Avon Towpath at Bath in 2025 by Dave Pole [SRPG Newsletter 2025, p. 55] General
- Glechoma hederacea L. (Ground-ivy) / General
- Prunella vulgaris L. (Selfheal) / General
- Prunella vulgaris x P. laciniata = P. x intermedia Link (Hybrid Selfheal) Grassland
- Prunella laciniata (L.) L. (Cut-leaved Selfheal) Grassland
- Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. (American Dragon-head) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Dracocephalum ibericum M. Bieb. (Iberian Dragon's-head?, Dragon's-head - Wikipedia) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Lallemantia iberica)] General
- Sideritis montana L. (Mountain Ironwort) - [Brist. Fl., Sandwith, 1932] General
- Sideritis lanata L. (Hairy Ironwort - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
- Melissa officinalis L. (Balm) / General
- Clinopodium ascendens (Jord.) Samp. (Common Calamint) / General
- Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze ssp. spruneri (Boiss.) Bartolucci & F. Conti (Lesser Calamint) - BRLSI (as C. calamintha) General
- Clinopodium vulgare L. (Wild Basil) / General
- Clinopodium acinos (L.) Kuntze (Basil Thyme) / General
- Origanum vulgare L. (Wild Marjoram) / General
- Thymus pulegioides L. (Large Thyme) / Grassland
- Thymus drucei Ronniger (Stace) Thymus praecox Opiz ssp. britannicus (Ronniger) Holub (Kew) Thymus polytrichus A. Kern. ex Borbás ssp. britannicus (Ronniger) Kerguélen (NBN) (Wild Thyme) / Grassland
- Lycopus europaeus L. (Gypsywort) / Wetland
- Mentha arvensis L. (Corn Mint) - General
- Mentha arvensis x M. aquatica = M. x verticillata L. (Whorled Mint) - Wetland
- Mentha arvensis x M. aquatica x M. spicata = (Stace, NBN) M. x smithiana R.A. Graham (Tall Mint) 1973 /- Wetland
- Mentha arvensis x M. spicata = M. x gracilis Sole (Bushy Mint) - BSBI records General
- Mentha aquatica L. (Water Mint) / Wetland
- Mentha aquatica x M. spicata = M. x piperita L. (Mentha x piperita L. ssp. piperita - NBN) (Peppermint) /- Wetland
- Mentha spicata L. (Spear Mint) / General
- Mentha spicata x M. longifolia = M. x villosonervata Opiz (Sharp-toothed Mint) - BSBI records General
- Mentha spicata x M. suaveolens = M. x villosa Huds. (var. alopecuroides (Hull) Briq.? - Stace) (Apple-mint) General
- Mentha longifolia x M. suaveolens = M. x rotundifolia (L.) Huds. (False Apple-mint) General
- Mentha pulegium L. (Pennyroyal) 1949 /- General - [found as a likely introduction on Royal Portbury Dock Road in 2025 by P. Quinn (Nature in Avon in 2025, p. 193).]
- Mentha requienii Benth. (Corsican Mint) General - BRLSI
- Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Rosemary) / General
- Salvia sclarea L. (Clary) 1958 General
- Salvia glutinosa L. (Sticky Clary) 1938 General
- Salvia forskaehlei L. (Indigo Wood Sage) General
- Salvia pratensis L. (ssp. pratensis - Kew) (Meadow Clary) 1919 General
- Salvia verbenaca L. (ssp. horminoides (Pourr.) Nyman - Stace, NBN) (Wild Clary) / Grassland
- Salvia officinalis L. (Sage) /- General
- Salvia nemorosa L. (ssp. nemorosa? - Kew) (Balkan Clary) 1920 / General
- Salvia reflexa Hornem. (Mintweed) General
- Salvia viridis L. (Annual Clary) 1979 General
- Salvia verticillata L. (ssp. verticillata - Kew) (Whorled Clary) 1967 / General
- Salvia yangii B.T. Drew (Russian Sage) - [on DB as Perovskia atriplicifolia] General
Species to add:
- Stachys germanica L. (ssp. germanica - Kew, GBIF) (Downy Woundwort) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Stachys cretica L. ssp. salviifolia (Ten.) Rech. f. (Cretan Woundwort?, Cretan Hedge-nettle - GBIF, Mediterranean Woundwort - Cretan Flora) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as S. salviifolia)] /
- Stachys sylvatica L. var. subsericea Grogn. (Hedge Woundwort) /
- Stachys ocymastrum (L.) Briq. (Italian Hedgenettle - GBIF, Hairy Woundwort - MaltaWildPlants.com, PlantNet) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] /
- Ballota nigra L. ssp. nigra - [Sandwith, 1932 (as var. mollissima)] /
- Ballota nigra L. ssp. ruderalis (Sw.) Briq. - [Sandwith, 1932 (as B. ruderalis)] /
- Marrubium alysson L. - (Plaited-leaved White Horehound - Flora of Israel and adjacent areas, Alysson's Horehound?) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Marrubium peregrinum L. (Mediterranean Horehound?) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Lamium orvala L. (Balm-leaved Archangel) /
- Galeopsis ladanum L. (ssp. ladanum - Kew, GBIF) (Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. (Vietnamese Balm, Comb Mint - Wikipedia, Crested Late-summer-mint - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 & Glos. Fl. as E. patrini] /
- Phlomis russeliana (Sims) Benth. (Turkish Sage) /
- Phlomis fruticosa L. (Jerusalem Sage) /
- Teucrium spinosum L. (Spiny Germander - gardenexplorer.org, Spinose Germander?) /
- Teucrium resupinatum Desf. (Reversed Germander?) /
- Amethystea caerulea L. (Blue Amethystea - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. (Ground-pine) - [Brist. Fl., Sandwith, 1932] /
- Nepeta racemosa Lam. (Eastern Cat-mint) - recorded as an escape along the River Avon Towpath at Bath in 2025 by Dave Pole [SRPG Newsletter 2025, p. 55] /
- Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. (American Dragon-head) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Dracocephalum ibericum M. Bieb. (Iberian Dragon's-head?, Dragon's-head - Wikipedia) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Lallemantia iberica)] /
- Sideritis montana L. (Mountain Ironwort) - [Brist. Fl., Sandwith, 1932] /
- Sideritis lanata L. (Hairy Ironwort - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
- Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze ssp. spruneri (Boiss.) Bartolucci & F. Conti (Lesser Calamint) - BRLSI (as C. calamintha) /
- Mentha arvensis x M. spicata = M. x gracilis Sole (Bushy Mint) - BSBI records /
- Mentha spicata x M. longifolia = M. x villosonervata Opiz (Sharp-toothed Mint) - BSBI records /
- Mentha longifolia x M. suaveolens = M. x rotundifolia (L.) Huds. (False Apple-mint) /
- Salvia yangii B.T. Drew (Russian Sage) - [on DB as Perovskia atriplicifolia] /
Plants added by me:
- Salvia forskaehlei L. (Indigo Wood Sage)
Lamium purpureum white form - BRLSI