Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Roughleaf Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002b:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys ambigua
COMMON NAME:
Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stam8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stas_001_lvd
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John B. Nelson jbn_7240774370_e912b7ffba
May SC
Corolla 2-lipped, the upper galeate (hooded or hood-like), the lower 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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John B. Nelson jbn_7240775706_687be79810
May SC
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John B. Nelson jbn_7167555177_f378a468fb
June Charleston County SC
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John B. Nelson jbn7167555177_f8d294a64eb
June Charleston County SC
Stems copiously long hispid on the angles (rarely remotely so), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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John B. Nelson jbn_7555268384_25d64c52c0
July SC
Stamens arched under upper lip, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys aspera
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002b:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys ambigua
2954
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist or wet sandy soil of savannas, marshes, or swamp forests, mafic barrens, sinkhole ponds in the Great Valley, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC (rare in Piedmont)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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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