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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys byzantina
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys byzantina
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys byzantina
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Stachys olympica
COMMON NAME:
Lamb's-ear, Woolly Hedge-nettle
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys byzantina
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys byzantina
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys byzantina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Stachys olympica
3651
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, doubtfully established from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Turkey & vicinity
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
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:
Summer/Fall?
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