, ▁bet ony , ▁and ▁l amb ' s ▁ears . ▁ ▁Wood ▁bet ony , ▁S . ▁offic inal is , ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁medic inal ▁her b ▁to ▁the ▁Ang lo - S ax ons ▁of ▁early ▁medieval ▁England . ▁ ▁The ▁Chinese ▁art ich oke ▁( S . ▁aff in is ), ▁is ▁grown ▁for ▁its ▁ed ible ▁t uber . ▁Several ▁species ▁are ▁cultiv ated ▁as ▁orn ament als . ▁W ool ly ▁bet ony ▁( S . ▁by z ant ina ) ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁decor ative ▁garden ▁plant . ▁ ▁St ach ys ▁was ▁named ▁by ▁Lin na eus ▁in ▁Species ▁Plant ar um ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 3 . ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁word ▁ σ τ α χ υ ς ▁( st ach ys ), ▁meaning ▁" an ▁ear ▁of ▁gra in ", ▁and ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁infl ores c ence ▁is ▁often ▁a ▁sp ike . ▁The ▁name ▁w ound wort ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁past ▁use ▁of ▁certain ▁species ▁in ▁her bal ▁medicine ▁for ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁w ounds . ▁ ▁St ach ys ▁species ▁are ▁used ▁as ▁food ▁plants ▁by ▁the ▁lar va e ▁of ▁some ▁Le pid optera ▁species , ▁including ▁the ▁moth s ▁Cole op hora ▁aur ic ella , ▁C . ▁line ole a , ▁and ▁C . ▁w ock e ella , ▁all ▁recorded ▁on ▁S . ▁offic inal is . ▁ ▁They ▁are ▁also ▁widely ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁European