Common name:
Yellow archangel
Family:
Scientific name:
Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly in England and Wales; less common across much of Scotland
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Woodland, hedgebanks, especially on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Up to 2 cm long; a yellow corolla with a large, strongly pouched upper lip and a three-lobed lower lip, crossed by patches of red. The calyx is green, ridged, with five equally-sized lobes that taper to a point. Flowers form in dense whorls
Leaves:
Opposite, hairless, ovate, stalked, up to 7 cm long, lined by coarse teeth, with branched veins across the surface
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
