British Wild Flowers: A photographic guide to every common species (Collins Complete Guide) by Paul Sterry

Author:Paul Sterry [Sterry, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Cleave, Andrew

Water Germander

Water Germander Teucrium scordium HEIGHT to 35cm

Downy, spreading perennial with creeping runners and upright flowering stems. Grows in damp, grassy places, typically on calcareous soils and sometimes in dune slacks. FLOWERS 8–10mm long with no upper lip but a pinkish-purple lower lip; in whorls up leafy stems (July–Sep). FRUITS Nutlets. LEAVES Oblong, toothed, unstalked. STATUS Rare, restricted to a few sites in S England and W Ireland.

Ground-ivy

Ground-ivy

Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea HEIGHT to 15cm

Softly hairy, strongly smelling perennial with creeping stems that root at regular intervals and upright flowering stems. Grows in woodlands, hedgerows and grassland, and on bare ground; tolerant of both shady and exposed locations. FLOWERS 15–20mm long, bluish violet; in open whorls arising from leaf axils. FRUITS Nutlets. LEAVES Kidney-shaped to rounded, toothed, long-stalked. STATUS Widespread and generally common.

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