Lamb's-ear - Stachys byzantina
The common name comes from the softly hairy silvery leaves. It produces erect spikes or racemes of whorled, 2-lipped pink flowers.
Occasional garden escape usually seen on bare waste ground.
Flowering varies but usually between June and September.
Perennial.
Occasional, but naturalised widely across Britain.
Occasional as a naturalised plant in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was not recorded.
Peter Smith
Wolsey Island
08 July 2014
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
soft grey woolly leaves
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
05 July 2013
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
05 July 2013
David Gould
Wolsey Island, Leicester
24 June 2015
Graham Calow
Road alongside M69, Elmesthorpe
01 August 2016
Melinda Bell
Breedon Hill
19 August 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Lamb's-ear
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Lamiales
- Family:
- Lamiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 29
- First record:
- 13/06/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 06/06/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
old flower spike
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
07 June 2015
