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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys tenuifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Smooth Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys tenuifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. perlonga
INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-006:
Stachys tenuifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys tenuifolia
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Hedgenettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stte_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_stte_004_lvd
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John B. Nelson jbn_3630145461_2a4b73b562
June
Bracts of the inflorescence inconspicuous, rapidly reduced upward, per Weakley's Flora.
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John B. Nelson jbn3630145461_2a4b73b562b
June
Of North American Stachys, the only one w consistently curling calyx lobes. — John Nelson
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys tenuifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys tenuifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
INCLUDING
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. perlonga
INCLUDING
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-006:
Stachys tenuifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys tenuifolia
2455
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wooded alluvial river bottoms, swamp forests, and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p081?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p244
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p273
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