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Stachys germanica L.

downy woundwort (Lamiaceae / Labiatae)

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Stachys germanica is a densely hairy woundwort that grows at a few sites in the Wychwood Forest of Oxfordshire.

Charlbury (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2022-07-16

 downy woundwort / Stachys germanica: _Stachys germanica_ is a densely hairy woundwort that grows at a few sites in the Wychwood Forest of Oxfordshire.

Stachys germanica is far rarer than the garden escape Stachys byzantina, which is even hairier and never has cordate leaf-bases.

Charlbury (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2022-07-16

 downy woundwort / Stachys germanica: _Stachys germanica_ is far rarer than the garden escape _Stachys byzantina_, which is even hairier and never has cordate leaf-bases.

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