Sunday, March 5, 2023

Black Horehound (Ballota nigra)

Family: Lamiaceae

Common name: Black Horehound

Scientific name: Ballota nigra

Date taken: 4/7/2022

Notes: Weed growing in the back garden. Could be mistaken as Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) from afar, but flowers are shaped differently. With calyx tubes long and funnel-shaped.








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