Horehounds, Dead-nettles, Mints & Allies

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Dead-nettle Family - Lamiaceae

Spreading Horehound      Marrubium peregrinum

Native across Eastern Europe and the Black Sea area to the Caucasus and Turkey. A plant of open, dry slopes and grassland.

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White Horehound     Marrubium vulgare

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Central Asia and the Himalayas. A distinctive species with densely-furry, deeply crinkled leaves. The white flowers have a deeply notched upper petal and the calyx has 10, slightly hook-tipped, teeth.

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Greek Horehound      Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus

Native to Greece and Turkey. Common in low maquis and stony places.

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Black Horehound     Ballota nigra

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to western Asia and Iran. An upright, branching perennial species with softly downy, leaves and a pungent aroma that is once learned, never forgotten! Flowers are relatively small for a member of this group. The calyx lobes have finely-pointed tips.

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Large Dead-nettle      Lamium garganicum

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Central Asia.

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Musk Dead-nettle      Lamium moschatum

Native in the eastern mediterranean Region. Occasional in grassy places.

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Red Dead-nettle     Lamium purpureum

Native throughout Europe, North Africa and eastwards into northern Asia. Widely introduced in North America.

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Henbit Dead-nettle     Lamium amplexicaule

Native throughout Europe, North Africa and most of northern Asia.

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Cut-leaved Selfheal      Prunella laciniata

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Iran.

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Common Selfheal     Prunella vulgaris

Native throughout the temperate northern hemisphere. A low, creeping plant that forms spreading mats. The flowers open a few at a time from between large, often reddish, bracts. The seeding heads with large flower bracts are distinctive later in the year. Flowers deep bluish-purple, but sometimes white or pink.

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Pennyroyal     Mentha pulegium

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Caucasus and Iran. A low, creeping species with the flowers borne in whorls in the leaf axils on upright stems. Leaves small, ovate.

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Horse Mint      Mentha longifolia

(Long-leaved Mint) Native throughout much of the Old World.

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Spear Mint     Mentha spicata

Native throughout most of Europe and eastwards through the Middle East to the Himalayas and China. Also commonly grown as a culinary plant and frequently escaping from cultivation. A spreading perennial plant, smelling strongly of spearmint. Leaves hairless, lance-shaped, with sharply-toothed margins. Flowers pink or white, in elongate spikes.

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Gypsywort     Lycopus europaeus

Native throughout most of Eurasia and the Mediterranean Region. A tall, upright plant of watery places, often forming dense tangles of stems by the end of the season. Easily recognised by its deeply-toothed leaves and tight whorls of tiny, white flowers.

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