Biology:Betonica macrantha
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Betonica |
| Species: | B. macrantha
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| Betonica macrantha K.Koch
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Betonica macrantha, formerly Stachys macrantha, known as big betony, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran.[2][1] Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) broad, it is an erect herbaceous perennial with scalloped cordate leaves. Spikes of hooded purplish-pink flowers are borne throughout summer.[3]
The Latin specific epithet macrantha means "large-flowered".[4]
The cultivars 'Robusta', 'Superba', and 'Violacea' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Betonica macrantha K.Koch". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445123-1.
- ↑ "Stachys macrantha". http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=281605.
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher, ed (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 1002. ISBN 9781405332965.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. December 2020. p. 12. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf.
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