OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stachys aspera   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys aspera   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Stachys aspera

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

Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)

Stachys aspera

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

Stachys aspera

INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)

Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua

INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)

Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002b:

Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stachys ambigua

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stachys lythroides

 

COMMON NAME:
Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle


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image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stam8_001_lvd

        

image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_stas_001_lvd

        

image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

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).

image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

John B. Nelson    jbn_7240775706_687be79810

May        SC

image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

John B. Nelson    jbn_7167555177_f378a468fb

June    Charleston County    SC

image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

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).

image of Stachys aspera, Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

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 (4/14/23):
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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain (Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend; 2011)
Stachys aspera

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

INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua

INCLUDING Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-002b:
Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys ambigua

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys lythroides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2954

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist or wet sandy soil of pine 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 to 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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