Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Heart-leaved Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys cordata
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys nuttallii
INCLUDED WITHIN Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys nuttallii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-004?:
Stachys clingmanii FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Stachys riddellii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys cordata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys salvioides
COMMON NAME:
Heart-leaved Hedgenettle
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys cordata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys nuttallii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys nuttallii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-004?:
Stachys clingmanii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Stachys riddellii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys cordata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys salvioides
2955
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC 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
White/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 Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p231
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p273
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p147
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