Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Betony (Statchy / Betonica officinalis). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Ernie Janes / Purple betony (Stachys officinalis) flowering in herb garden, Norfolk, UK, June

Colin Varndell / Betony (Stachys) in flower. Hod Hill, Dorset, UK July.

Nick Upton / Alpine hay meadow with flowering Betony (Stachys officinalis) and Great masterwort (Astrantia major) with densely forested Julian Alps in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Purple Betony (Stachys officinalis) in flower, Montecristo island, Tuscany Archipelago National Park, Italy.

Stephen Dalton / ** Drone / Hover fly (Eristalis tenax) taking off from Betony (Stachys officinalis) UK