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Loosestrife or Teucrium ... or something else ?

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
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A friend on the cooking forum has posted this pic ... she said one person says it's Purple Loosestrife, another says it's Teucrium chamaedrys ... to me the leaves look like loosestrife, but the flower spike isn't what I expect to see.

Anyone want to ID it?



Sorry, this is the best pic we can do. 

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • GrannybeeGrannybee Posts: 332
    Looks more like a salvia  - caradonna or sylvestris. Someone with better knowledge on fuzzy pics will be along soon!
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Stachys sylvatica possibly?
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I can see the similarity @Ladybird4 ...  I've not seen one with such a packed flower spike ... but of course that's not to say it can't exist  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    I don't think it is Teucrium or Loosestrife. Possibly an Agastache. Giant Hyssop/Korean Mint.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Its horrid smell might give it away.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    The leaves are very different to Loosestrife from what i can see. 
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Agastache seems likely, not Purple Loosestrife or Teucrium chamaedrys or Stachys sylvatica.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    The leaves are quite like my blue hyssop. It’s definitely not loosestrife, I’ve got that in my pond. In fact, blowing it up I would say hyssop.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ValleysgirlValleysgirl Posts: 344
    Gardening gang I grow it in my garden it's  Teucrium ' Purple Tails ', 
  • StevedaylillyStevedaylilly Posts: 1,102
    M58
    Agree, I grow it aswell 
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