NameThatPlant.net: Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Stachys at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys hyssopifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002a:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae

(?) -
Stachys atlantica

COMMON NAME:
Hyssopleaf Hedgenettle

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image of Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia, Hyssopleaf Hedgenettle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stat2_001_lvd

Stachys atlantica

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sthy3_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys hyssopifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002a:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae

(?) -
Stachys atlantica

2953

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Habitat: Moist soils of pine savannas, marshes, seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds, roadside ditches, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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