Betony (Stachys officinalis) - a photo on Flickriver

            A member of the deadnettle family, betony’s bright magenta pink flowers make striking splashes of colour from early summer to well into autumn.
Betony prefers dryish, light soils often on sunny banks and hedgerows, on heathland and other grassy places including, occasionally, the undisturbed margins of arable fields.
Although still fairly common in England and Wales, betony has suffered local losses as a result of the loss and improvement of permanent pastures, the ploughing of fields to the edge of woods with consequent loss of the marginal flora and the shading of woodland grassland following a decline in coppicing. It is rare in Scotland, mostly being found in the south.
Betony is first referred to in a work by the Roman physician Antonius Musa. He claimed it was effective against sorcery.
It was one of the great ‘all-heals’ of medieval herbalists.
Betony is commonly found in old country churchyards, where it was planted in the past for its medicinal value and in the belief that it had powers that would ward off ghosts, goblins and other unwelcome spirits.
   

Taken on: July 5, 2019

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