Red Bartsia ( Odontites verna )

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Family Figwort Scropulaceaea

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Straggly, branched downy annual of disturbed ground, tracks and verges. Common and widespread throughout. Narrow, toothed leaves borne in opposite pairs. Flower-bracts similar to leaves.One-sided flower-spike, pink-purple two-lipped flower , 8 to 12 mm long, appear in spikes June to September. Plant often tinged red.

Fairly frequent in short grass and waste ground , plant c 15-40 cm high.