Lamiaceae

Mountain ironwort

Sideritis montana L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Sideritis

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Common names

By language (19)

Arabic: فزر جبلي
arz: فزر جبلى
Belarusian: Жалезніца горная
Bulgarian: Обикновен миризлив бурен
Chinese: 毒馬草, 毒马草
Croatian: Gorski očist
Czech: Hojník horský, Hojník chlumní
Danish: Bjerg-Kortkrone
Dutch: IJzerkruid
English: Mountain ironwort
Estonian: Mägi-haavarohi
Finnish: Vuoriraudakki
Georgian: Საყვითლო
German: Berg-Gliedkraut
Norwegian Bokmål: Sårmynte
Russian: Железница горная
Slovenian: Gorski sklepnjak
Swedish: Sårmynta
Ukrainian: Залізниця гірська

Synonyms

Burgsdorfia montana (L.) Rchb.
Hesiodia montana (L.) Dumort.
Stachys montana (L.) Peruzzi & Bartolucci

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.