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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys appalachiana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Appalachian Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys appalachiana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Poindexter & Nelson, 2011)
Stachys appalachiana
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Hedgenettle
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys appalachiana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys appalachiana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Poindexter & Nelson, 2011)
Stachys appalachiana
3659
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: fens, usually over mafic or ultramafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
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:
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