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common hedge-nettle
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common hedge-nettle

Betonica officinalis

Stachys officinalis is commonly known as common hedgenettle, betony, purple betony, wood betony, bishopwort, or bishop's wort. The French common name is bétoine, and Betonie in German. It is a perennial grassland herb.

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Where it lives

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

common hedge-nettle in The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.98

common hedge-nettle in Living Images of Plants

Living Images of Plants

Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.95

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 906118.