Stachys byzantina

Stachys byzantina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Stachys
Species:
S. byzantina
Binomial name
Stachys byzantina
Synonyms[1]
  • Eriostomum lanatum Hoffmanns. & Link
  • Stachys lanata Jacq. nom. illeg.
  • Stachys olympica Poir.
  • Stachys taurica Zefir.

Stachys byzantina (syn. S. lanata), the lamb's-ear[2] (lamb's ear)[3] or woolly hedgenettle,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.[5][6] It is cultivated throughout much of the temperate world as an ornamental plant, and is naturalised in some locations as an escapee from gardens. Plants are very often found under the synonym Stachys lanata or Stachys olympica.

Lamb's-ear flowers in late spring and early summer; plants produce tall spike-like stems with a few reduced leaves. The flowers are small and light purple. The plants tend to be evergreen but can "die back” during cold winters and regenerate new growth from the crowns.

  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 19 November 2015
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ "Stachys byzantina". RHS. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stachys byzantina". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ^ Euro+Med Plantbase: Stachys byzantina
  6. ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.