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
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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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Keith Bradley kab_stachys_agraria_4864
April Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
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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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