Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Co.Cork 
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Marsh Woundwort Spikes of pink-purple flowers, white pattern on lower lip. Occasionally white. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, fine-toothed, almost stalk-less. Slightly pungent smell. Hairy stems, leaves. Grows from underground rhizomes. Height: 30-90cm. Frequent. Damp and wet ground. Streamsides, ditches, fields, roadsides. Native. Similar: Hedge woundwort, S. sylvatica. Rounder, hairy leaves, more pungent smell. Deep red-purple flowers. Hybrids occur. 
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Above: Marsh Woundwort. Ballingeary, Co.Cork. October 2008