Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972) and Flora SR Srbije (Josifović, 1974).
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Caucasus, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal – Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Betonica officinalis L.).
Habitat: Grasslands and pastures.
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Stachys officinalis – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – lower verticillaster. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – lower vertcillaster. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – stem with cauline leaves and lower verticillaster. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Stachys officinalis – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 