Lamiaceae
Betony
Betonica officinalis
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Betonica
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- القسطران, القطران, تبغ الحرس, شاطرا, شاطرة
- Armenian
- Թթվիճ դեղատու
- arz
- ستاتشى اوفيسيناليس
- Asturian
- Ortiga bona
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman poruğu, Dərman mərcanotu
- Belarusian
- Буквіца лекавая, Букавіца, Глухая крапіва, Златнік
- Bulgarian
- Ранилист, Рошовела, Рошовина, Хайдушка билка, Червен вятър, Лечебен ранилист
- Catalan
- Betònica, Bétoine
- ce
- Турсоби
- Chinese
- 药水苏, 莙荙子
- Croatian
- Betonika
- Czech
- Bukvice lékařská, Čistec lékařský
- Danish
- Læge-Betonie, Betonie, Læge-Galtetand
- Dutch
- Betonie
- English
- Betony, Wood betony
- Esperanto
- Betoniko
- Estonian
- Harilik tõnnike
- Finnish
- Rohtopähkämö
- French
- Épiaire officinale, Bétoine, Epiaire officinale
- Georgian
- Სამკურნალო ბარისპირა
- German
- Gemeiner Ziest, Heil-Ziest, Heilbatunge, Heilziest, Echte Betonie
- hsb
- Wšědna bukwica, Botentki, Dobra přeslička, Pomjatkowe zelo, Serpinka
- Hungarian
- Orvosi tisztesfű, Bakfű, Betonikafű
- Irish
- Lus beatha
- Italian
- Erba betonica
- Japanese
- ベトニー
- Kazakh
- Дәрілік жөтелшай
- kw
- Dagerles, Les densek
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinė notra, Bétoine
- myv
- Ормаменьксэнь мазый пря тикше
- Occitan
- Brotonica
- Persian
- سنبلهای آفیسینالیس
- Polish
- Bukwica zwyczajna, Bukwica lekarska, Czyściec lekarski
- Russian
- Чистец лекарственный, Буквица белорусская, Буквица преувеличенная, Буквица сильно-расширенная, Буквица темноватая, Стахис лекарственный, Чистец Монье, Буквица лекарственная
- Slovak
- Betonika lekárska
- Slovenian
- Navadni čistec
- Spanish
- Betónica, Betónicao, Bretoña, Bretónica, Salima fina, Selima fina, Vetónica, Betonica
- Swedish
- Humlesuga, Läkebetonika, Bétoine
- Ukrainian
- Буквиця лікарська
- Welsh
- Cribau San Ffraid
Synonyms
- Stachys betonica Benth.
- Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 1,420 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicholas Moray Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Hernon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Dreux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Short from Windsor, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Владимир Дворкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: claudeheidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.