Black Horehound

Ballota nigra

TQ4792 02/07/2024 ©Raymond Small
Black Horehound has pinkish hooded flowers arranged in whorls around the top of its square stems from June until September. The leaves are hairy with toothed edges. It has a pungent smell, especially when the leaves are crushed and is known colloquially as 'Stinking Roger'. Black Horehound belongs to the Mint family.

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