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|genus=Stachys  

|genus=Stachys

|species=officinalis  

|species=officinalis

|common_name=Bishop's wort, Wood betony

|common_name=Bishop's wort, Wood betony

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

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'''''Stachys officinalis''''', commonly known as Purple [[betony]], Wood betony or Bishop's wort, is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[grassland]] [[herb]] growing to 70cm tall. Its leaves are stalked on upright stems, narrowly oval, with a heart-shaped base, with a somewhat wrinkled texture and toothed margins. The [[sepal|calyx]] is 5-7mm long, with 5 teeth, edged with bristles. The [[Corolla (flower)|corolla]] 1-1.5cm long. Its upper lip flat, almost straight when seen from the side. The [[anther]]s stick straight out. It flowers in mid summer from July to September, and is found in dry [[grassland]], [[meadow]]s and open woods in most of [[Europe]], western [[Asia]] and [[North Africa]]. In the [[British Isles]] it is common in [[England and Wales]], but rare in [[Ireland]] and northern [[Scotland]].

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Stachys officinalis, Franch. (S. Betonica, Benth. Betonica officinalis, Linn.). Betony. A hardy perennial herb 1-3 ft. high: lower lvs. long-petioled, ovate-oblong, crenate, obtuse, cordate at the base, 3-6 in. long; upper lvs. distant, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute: fls. purple, in a dense, terminal spike. July. Eu., Asia Minor. —Rarely found as an escape in this country, and once cult. for use in domestic medicine. Useful for ornament, and now advertised for that purpose. There are white-fld. forms of the species offered in the trade under the names of S. Betonica alba and S. Betonica albiflora and there is also a large-fld. form with soft rose-colored fls. known as S. Betonica grandiflora.

Stachys officinalis, Franch. (S. Betonica, Benth. Betonica officinalis, Linn.). Betony. Fig. 3671. A hardy perennial herb 1-3 ft. high: lower lvs. long-petioled, ovate-oblong, crenate, obtuse, cordate at the base, 3-6 in. long; upper lvs. distant, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute: fls. purple, in a dense, terminal spike. July. Eu., Asia Minor. —Rarely found as an escape in this country, and once cult. for use in domestic medicine. Useful for ornament, and now advertised for that purpose. There are white-fld. forms of the species offered in the trade under the names of S. Betonica alba and S. Betonica albiflora and there is also a large-fld. form with soft rose-colored fls. known as S. Betonica grandiflora.

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==Cultivation==

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==Species==

 

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==References==

==References==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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