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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Broadtooth Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys latidens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-005:
Stachys latidens FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys latidens
COMMON NAME:
Broadtooth Hedgenettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stla5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3673
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3674
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3679
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1412
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1413
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230623_4151
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslatidens_lec1
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslatidens_lec2
June
Stems mostly glabrous, but with short reflexed hairs on the angles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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John B. Nelson jbn_3749808005_753b5fff9c
July Carroll County VA
The flower's upper part ends in an inverted cup that covers the 4 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm070721_029
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
The flower's lower part is bent sharply downward, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140704_603
July Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6603
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6605
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6620
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6621
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4435
July Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslatidens_brp
July? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Hedgenettles are tall plants w interrupted spikes of .5" pink-purple flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3963
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3963b
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Leaf blades oblong-elliptic, margins serrate to crenate, teeth often ~ rounded, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3963c
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Calyx 4-6mm long; calyx lobes spine-tipped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0524
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys latidens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-005:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys latidens
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower three-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p379
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p326
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p081
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p217
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p147
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