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.