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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys latidens   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys latidens   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Stachys latidens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Stachys tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)

Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-005:

Stachys latidens   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stachys latidens

 

COMMON NAME:
Broadtooth Hedgenettle


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image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stla5_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm230531_3673

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm230531_3674

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm230531_3679

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1412

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm210619_1413

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm230623_4151

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmslatidens_lec1

June        

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmslatidens_lec2

June        

Stems mostly glabrous, but with short reflexed hairs on the angles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

John B. Nelson    jbn_3749808005_753b5fff9c

July    Carroll County    VA

The flower's upper part ends in an inverted cup that covers the 4 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm070721_029

July        NC-TN

The Roan Highlands

The flower's lower part is bent sharply downward, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm140704_603

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm200717_6603

July    Jackson County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm200717_6605

July    Jackson County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm200717_6620

July    Jackson County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm200717_6621

July    Jackson County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm230717_4435

July    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmslatidens_brp

July?        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Hedgenettles are tall plants w interrupted spikes of .5" pink-purple flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3963

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3963b

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaf blades oblong-elliptic, margins serrate to crenate, teeth often ~ rounded, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3963c

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Calyx 4-6mm long; calyx lobes spine-tipped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stachys latidens, Broadtooth Hedgenettle

JK Marlow    jkm221103_0524

November    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys latidens   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys latidens   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys latidens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-005:
Stachys latidens   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys latidens

 

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2111

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender
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
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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