Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Roughleaf Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys aspera
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys aspera
INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua
INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002b:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys ambigua
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys lythroides
COMMON NAME:
Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stam8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stas_001_lvd
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John B. Nelson jbn_7240774370_e912b7ffba
May SC
Corolla 2-lipped, the upper galeate (hooded or hood-like), the lower 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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John B. Nelson jbn_7240775706_687be79810
May SC
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John B. Nelson jbn_7167555177_f378a468fb
June Charleston County SC
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John B. Nelson jbn7167555177_f8d294a64eb
June Charleston County SC
Stems copiously long hispid on the angles (rarely remotely so), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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John B. Nelson jbn_7555268384_25d64c52c0
July SC
Stamens arched under upper lip, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys aspera
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys aspera
INCLUDING
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua
INCLUDING
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002b:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys ambigua
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys lythroides
2954
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist or wet sandy soil of pine savannas, marshes, or swamp forests, mafic barrens, sinkhole ponds in the Great Valley, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon to 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 Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p081?
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