Red hemp-nettle  (Galeopsis angustifolia)

Authentication

Information authenticated by Tim Rich of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.

Glossary

Annual: Lives or grows for just one year.
Calcareous: Containing free calcium carbonate, chalky.
Ex-situ: Measures to conserve a species or habitat that occur outside of the natural range of the species. E.g. in zoos or botanical gardens.
Lip: In plants, petal or petals that form a lobe.
Whorl: In animals, the spiral or convolutions in the shell of a snail. In plants, a set of leaves, flowers, or branches that spring from a stem at the same point and encircle it.

References

  1. UK BAP Species Action Plan (March, 2002)
    http://www.ukbap.org.uk
  2. English Nature press release (March, 2002)
    http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/story.asp?ID=24
  3. Press, B. and Gibbons, B. (1993) Photographic field guide: wild flowers of Britain and Europe. New Holland Ltd., London.
  4. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (October, 2002)
    http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/
  5. Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. and Dines, T.D. (2002) New Atlas of the Flora of Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press, London.
  6. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. (1961) Flora of the British Isles 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.