| Plants : Lamiaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Ballota nigra |
Description: A rare weed of roadsides and waste ground with very few post-war records from Northern Ireland. It is a strong-smelling untidy plant with pinkish-purple flowers.
All names: Ballota nigra L.
Distribution Map from NBN: Ballota nigra at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Ballota nigra at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Ballota nigra. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4238. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |