Stachys albens
| Stachys albens | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Stachys |
| Species: | S. albens |
| Binomial name | |
| Stachys albens A.Gray | |
Stachys albens, also known as whitestem hedgenettle[1] or white hedgenettle, is a mint endemic to California.[2] S. albens flowers have a 2-lipped, 5-lobed calyx, which is densely cob-webby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins.[3][4] The plant is fuzzy all over, with opposite, triangular, serrate leaves, a square stem, a layered spike of many small flowers, and a minty smell if bruised.[5]
Flower closeup
Distribution
Stachys albens occurs between 0 (sea level) and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy [3] places in the following plant communities:[2]
- Foothill oak woodland
- Coastal sage scrub
- Yellow pine forest
- Red fir forest
- Lodgepole pine forest
- California mixed evergreen forest
- Wetland-riparian
- Pinyon-juniper woodland - Mojave and Colorado Deserts
References
- ↑ "Stachys albens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- 1 2 Calflora: Stachys albens
- 1 2 UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for STACHYS albens
- ↑ Norman F. Weeden (1996). A Sierra Nevada Flora (4th ed.). Berkeley CA: Wilderness Press. ISBN 0-89997-204-7.
- ↑ Karen Wiese (2013). Sierra Nevada Wildflowers (2nd ed.). Falcon Guides. ISBN 978-0-7627-8034-1.
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