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