Common Ironwort (Sideritis romana)

Common Ironwort, a reference photo — Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Sideritis romana, the simplebeak ironwort, is a species of shrub in the family Lamiaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Flowers are visited by European wool carder bee, Rhodanthidium septemdentatum, Amegilla, and Osmia andrenoides. Individuals can grow to 0.15 m.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Common Ironwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Stachys ocymastrum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Sideritis
Species: Sideritis romana

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