Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys hyssopifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys lythroides
COMMON NAME:
hyssop-leaved hedgenettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sthy3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys hyssopifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys lythroides
3655
Forb
Annual
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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