NameThatPlant.net: Stachys agraria

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys agraria FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys crenata FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)

Stachys agraria

COMMON NAME:
Mouse's-ear, Shade Betony

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image of Stachys agraria, Mouse's-ear, Shade Betony

Keith Bradley kab_stachys_agraria_4864

April Richland County SC

Congaree National Park

Keith Bradley kab_stachys_agraria_4872

April Richland County SC

Congaree National Park

Corolla 4-6mm long (barely or not exceeding calyx), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys agraria FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys crenata FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys agraria

3657

Forb
Annual

Habitat: calcareous hammocks, ditches, damp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
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:

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