Scarlet Betony Flower Gordon Hirabayashi Prison Camp 9/21/16 Scarlet Betony Flower Scarlet Betony Leaves Gordon Hirabayashi Prison Camp 9/21/16 Scarlet Betony Leaves Scarlet Betony Flower Scarlet Betony Stem Gordon Hirabayashi Prison Camp 9/21/16 Scarlet Betony Plant


Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Scarlet Betony.
Stachys coccinea.
Mint (Lamiaceae) family.

The flowers are in multiple whorls near the stem tips. The individual flowers are tubular, 1 1/4 inches (3.2 cm) long, and 2-lipped with a single-lobed upper lip and a larger tri-lobed lower lip. The leaves have toothed or scalloped margins and are green, opposite, deeply veined, and triangular-ovate in shape. The leaves may resemble those of a Nettle (Urtica spp.), but they are not stinging. The stems are green and square in cross section.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Location: Prison Camp beside semicircular concrete walk at first bridge
9/23/15

Notes: Under tree near trail 0.2 mile beyond campground 9/21/16

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