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Stachys recta L.

perennial yellow woundwort (Lamiaceae / Labiatae)

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Stachys recta is a continental European species that survived for over 50 years at Barry Docks (VC41: Glamorgan), and occasionally escapes from cultivation elsewhere.

Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France; 2015-05-29

 perennial yellow woundwort / Stachys recta: _Stachys recta_ is a continental European species that survived for over 50 years at Barry Docks (VC41), and occasionally escapes from cultivation elsewhere.

Stachys recta is yellow-flowering and perennial; our only other yellow Stachys is the annual Stachys annua.

Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France; 2015-05-29

 perennial yellow woundwort / Stachys recta: _Stachys recta_ is yellow-flowering and perennial; our only other yellow _Stachys_ is the annual _Stachys annua_.

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