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Lamiales / Lamiaceae
very colourful caterpillar
Keeled Skimmer female placed on a betony ...
Dark green long oval shaped leaves, thick branches, tall plant.
A very interesting wildflower. The second photo is a closeup.
Pic 3 shows it growing alongside Betony.
1'-1.5' spread 2'-3'+ height perennial. Small, coral red flowers on long ...
Pretty sure it is a broomrape, but not sure of species
The larvae feed on Scrophularia umbrosa, Scrophularia nodosa, Scrophularia ...
a 20-40 cm high herbal plant, flowering from june to august, white flowers ...
low growing, fern like foliage, small claw shaped red flowers, flowers April ...
The leaves and roots are edible, a poultice of the roots is good for ...
Flowers have a red upper lip and yellow lower lip and extend from a fuzzy whorl ...
Female Bombus lapidarius on betony (Stachys ...
a flowering plant in the Orobanchaceae family and is also known as Wood
Stachys officinalis is a perennial grassland herb growing to 30 to 60 cm tall. ...
Purple-red clover-like flowers with whitish tips. Same color leaves, similar in ...
Low growing, somewhat sprawling plant. Finely toothed, hairy, ovate leaves. ...
A hairy plant with a short, dense cluster of terminal 2-lipped flowers that are ...
Also known as beefsteak plant, Canadian lousewort, high heal-all, and snaffles, ...
forb/herb growth habit nodulose roots stolon or sucker sub-aerial ...