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Common Name:
Florida Betony, Rattlesnake-weed, Florida Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys floridana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys floridana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys floridana 164-20-001 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed sites, roadsides, gardens; probably not native northward of Florida
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in Carolina Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native: Florida
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Common Name: Hyssopleaf Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Stachys hyssopifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys hyssopifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia 164-20-002a FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Moist soils of pine savannas, marshes, seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds, roadside ditches
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Stachys aspera FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys aspera FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua 164-20-002b FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Moist or wet sandy soil of pine savannas, marshes, or swamp forests, mafic barrens, sinkhole ponds in the Great Valley
Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Epling's Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys eplingii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Stachys eplingii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys nuttallii 164-20-003 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests, bogs, wet meadows over calcareous or mafic substrates
Historically in NC, but not recently seen
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Carolina Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys caroliniana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Margins of natural depressions, wet pine flatwoods
Rare
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name: Woundwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys arenicola FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys pilosa var. arenicola FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Marl fens, roadsides, banks of waterfowl impoundments; possibly adventive in part from farther west, but at least some populations native
Waif(s)
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Clingman's Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys clingmanii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys clingmanii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys clingmanii 164-20-004 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, especially periglacial boulderfields, mostly at high elevations (and see comments below)
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name: Heart-leaved Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys cordata FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys cordata FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys clingmanii 164-20-004? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Nuttall’s Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys nuttallii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Stachys cordata FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys clingmanii 164-20-004? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: heart-leaved hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys subcordata FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Stachys cordata FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Moist forests over calcareous or mafic rocks
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Broadtooth Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys latidens FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys latidens FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys latidens 164-20-005 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Yadkin Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys matthewsii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forest edges, wet meadows, and clearings in the Piedmont, and on shrubby or openly wooded calcareous river shores and shell-marl bluffs of the Coastal Plain
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Smooth Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys tenuifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Stachys tenuifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys tenuifolia 164-20-006 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Wooded alluvial river bottoms, swamp forests, and roadsides
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Hispid Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys hispida FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Stachys tenuifolia FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Wet meadows and mesic forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Appalachian Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys appalachiana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys appalachiana FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Fens, usually over mafic or ultramafic rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Mouse's-ear, Shade Betony
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys agraria FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys crenata FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Calcareous hammocks, ditches, damp forests
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Annual Woundwort, Annual Hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys annua FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys annua FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, probably only a waif (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: Staggerweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys arvensis FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys arvensis FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe, northern Africa
Common Name: Lamb's-ear, Woolly Hedge-nettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys byzantina FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys byzantina FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, doubtfully established from horticultural use
Waif(s)
Non-native: Turkey & vicinity
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Common Name: Downy Woundwort, German hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys germanica FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys germanica FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, doubtfully established
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name: marsh hedgenettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys palustris FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys palustris FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: Europe
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