| Scientific Name: | Betonica officinalis 'Hummelo' ( syn. Stachys officinalis ) |
| Common Name: | alpine betony, wood betony |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Group or mass planting, Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Basal, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Oblong, Ovate, Ciliate, Crenate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Violet, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly basal (opposite on the flowering stem), most blades ovate, margins scalloped, puckered with prominent veins on the lower surface, most 4-18cm long x 2-12cm wide; flowers purple, ~2cm wide, in whorls above foliage on a green peduncle in summer. | |