Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys germanica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys germanica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Downy Woundwort, German hedgenettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stge_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys germanica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys germanica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
3652
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, doubtfully established, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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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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