램스이어-[정명] Stachys byzantina K.Koch

과명	Lamiaceae (꿀풀과)	속명	Stachys (석잠풀속)
전체학명	[정명]Stachys byzantina K. Koch	추천명	램스이어
이명		외국명	Lamb's-ears,Lamb's tongue,Lamb's tails,Woolly betony

추천명변경: 비잔티나석잠풀 -> 램스이어

 

Common Name: lamb's ears  

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Family: Lamiaceae

Zone: 4 to 8

Height: 0.25 to 0.50 feet

Spread: 0.75 to 1.50 feet

Bloom Time: Rarely flowers

Bloom Description: Non-flowering

Sun: Full sun

Water: Dry to medium

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Ground Cover, Naturalize

Flower: Insignificant

Leaf: Colorful

Tolerate: Rabbit, Deer, Drought, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution

Culture

Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Appreciates some light afternoon shade in hot summer climates. Too much shade, however, may impede leaf drying and promote the onset of disease. The woolly leaves of this plant tend to trap moisture, and in humid climates such as the St. Louis area, plant leaves are susceptible to attack from rot and leaf spot where too much moisture is present. Plants are generally drought tolerant. Avoid overwatering. If mid-summer foliage decline occurs, pick off damaged leaves as needed. Spreads by creeping stems that root as they go along the ground and can be mildly aggressive in rich soils. Site starter plants 12-18” apart for use as a ground cover. Divide when necessary. Flowers are not particularly showy, and many gardeners prefer to remove the flowering stems as they appear to enhance the ground cover effect.

 

Stachys byzantina, known as lamb's ears, is grown primarily for its thick, soft, velvety, silver-gray leaves which typically form a rapidly spreading mat approximately 4-6" off the ground. Leaves are evergreen in warm climates, but will depreciate considerably in harsh winters. Erect, small-leaved flowering stems with terminal spikes of insignificant, tiny, purplish-pink flowers appear in summer rising above the foliage to 10-15" tall. Many gardeners remove the flowering stems to enhance the ground cover effect. Dense rosettes of woolly, tongue-shaped, gray-green leaves (to 4" long) spread by runners. Leaf shape and texture resemble a lamb's ear, hence the common name.

Genus name comes from the Greek stacys meaning ear of corn in probable reference to the inflorescence of a related plant.

Specific epithet means of classical Byzantium (Istanbul, Turkey).

'Silver Carpet' is grown primarily for its thick, soft, velvety, silvery leaves which typically form a rapidly spreading mat approximately 4-6" off the ground. Leaves are evergreen in warm climates, but will depreciate considerably in harsh winters. This cultivar is perhaps most noted for the fact that it rarely produces flower spikes. Dense rosettes of woolly, tongue-shaped, gray-green leaves (to 4" long) spread by runners.

Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet' - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)