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Stachys byzantina K. Koch

lamb’s-ear (Lamiaceae / Labiatae)

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The garden escape Stachys byzantina is even more densely hairy than the rare native Stachys germanica, and all its leaves are cuneate at the base.

Finstock (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-07-16

 lamb’s-ear / Stachys byzantina: The garden escape _Stachys byzantina_ is even more densely hairy than the rare native _Stachys germanica_, and all its leaves are cuneate at the base.

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