• Stachys
• Ballota
• Lamium
• Galeopsis
• Scutellaria
• Ajuga
• Glechoma
• Prunella
• Lycopus
• Mentha

Stachys officinalis

Betony Only on Priory Road Fields, not particularly common. Not within the city boundary.

Stachys sylvatica

Hedge Woundwort Persisting in old hedge bottoms.

Stachys palustris

Marsh Woundwort Present as a marginal in the Holdernes and the Barmston Drains. Can be locally abundant.

Ballota nigra

Black Horehound Small amounts at three localities; under the railway fly-over on Hessle Road, near the bridge over the River Hull on Sutton Road and Mecca Bingo Hall, Clough Road.

Lamium album

White Dead-nettle Widespread in hedges and on waste ground.

Lamium maculatum

Spotted Dead-nettle A garden escapee.

Lamium purpureum

Red Dead-nettle Gardens, waste places and municipal flower beds. Under-recorded.

Lamium hybridum

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle I think that this species is much more widespread than indicated but lack the confidence to distinguish it from L. purpureum in most instances.

Lamium amplexicaule

Henbit Dead-nettle A single plant growing on the newly created flower bed outside the Mecca bingo hall on Clough Road. The bed was obviously constructed with imported sandy soil.

Galeopsis sp.

Hemp-nettle The plants were obviously Hemp-nettles but in the absence of flowering material they can only be tentatively assigned to G. tetrahit.

Scutellaria galericulata

Skullcap A single plant growing on the eastern margin of the Barmston Drain to the south of Clough Road. It has been known at this locality for many years. Many years ago it grew in the ditch which passes under County Road North (03Q). This ditch has been recently cleaned and the Scullcap could not be re-located.

Ajuga reptans

Bugle Priory Road Fields only and not very abundant. Not inside city boundary.

Glechoma hederacea

Ground-ivy At the base of old hedges.

Prunella vulgaris

Selfheal Most commonly as a weed in lawns and verges, it seems to be tolerant to mowing.

Lycopus europaeus

Gypsywort Rather uncommon with most records for the Barmston Drain. A single plant was growing in the dock wall opposite the Princes Quay development.

Mentha aquatica

Water Mint Much less frequent than expected - has it been missed?

Mentha spicata

Spear Mint Single clump to south of Summergroves way - escape from cultivation.

R Middleton, r.middleton@geo.hull.ac.uk, last updated 14 September 1997