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Hedgenettles
Stachys
Stachys is one of the largest genera in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae. Estimates of the number of species in the genus vary from about 300, to about 450. The type species for the genus is Stachys sylvatica. Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae. Generic limits and relationships in this subfamily are poorly known.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
hedge woundwort
speciesStachys sylvatica
Marsh Woundwort
speciesStachys palustris
Eriostomum
sectionEriostomum
Perennial Yellow-woundwort
speciesStachys recta
Coastal Hedge-nettle
speciesStachys chamissonis
California Hedge Nettle
speciesStachys bullata
Rough Hedgenettle
speciesStachys rigida
Florida Hedgenettle
speciesStachys floridana
Field woundwort
speciesStachys arvensis
Annual Yellow-woundwort
speciesStachys annua
marsh hedge nettle
speciesStachys hispida
prairie woundwort
speciesStachys pilosa
whitestem hedgenettle
speciesStachys albens
scarlet hedgenettle
speciesStachys coccinea
Ocymastrum
subsectionOcymastrum
African Stachys
speciesStachys aethiopica
mexican hedgenettle
speciesStachys mexicana
Mousesear
speciesStachys crenata
smooth hedgenettle
speciesStachys tenuifolia
Bugle Hedgenettle
speciesStachys ajugoides
Drummond's Hedgenettle
speciesStachys drummondii
Stachys grandidentata
speciesStachys grandidentata
Shade Betony
speciesStachys agraria
Stebbins' Hedgenettle
speciesStachys stebbinsii
Stachys atherocalyx
speciesStachys atherocalyx
Broadtooth Hedgenettle
speciesStachys latidens
short-spiked hedge nettle
speciesStachys pycnantha
Hyssopleaf Hedgenettle
speciesStachys aspera
Foetid Betony
speciesStachys glutinosa
White Stachys
speciesStachys natalensis
Hyssop-leaved Hedge-nettle
speciesStachys hyssopifolia
Strandveld Stachys
speciesStachys bolusii
Grey tea stachys
speciesStachys rugosa
Stachys geobombycis
speciesStachys geobombycis
Stachys circinata
speciesStachys circinata
Corsican Betony
speciesStachys corsica
Stachys spinulosa
speciesStachys spinulosa
Stachys palaestina
speciesStachys palaestina
Wood Stachys
speciesStachys sublobata
pink cotton lamb's ear
speciesStachys lavandulifolia
Stachys neurocalycina
speciesStachys neurocalycina
Stachys elliptica
speciesStachys elliptica
Black Tea Stachys
speciesStachys nigricans
Stachys spathulata
speciesStachys spathulata
Hybrid Woundwort
hybridStachys × ambigua
Stachys inflata
speciesStachys inflata
Heartleaf Hedgenettle
speciesStachys nuttallii
Stachys angustifolia
speciesStachys angustifolia
Stachys maritima
speciesStachys maritima
Distantes
sectionDistantes
Smooth Hedgenettle
speciesStachys thunbergii
Rock Hedgenettle
speciesStachys bigelovii
Stachys tenerrima
speciesStachys tenerrima
Stachys riederi
speciesStachys riederi
Clingman's Hedgenettle
speciesStachys clingmanii
Stachys aegyptiaca
speciesStachys aegyptiaca
Stachys arabica
speciesStachys arabica
Stachys viticina
speciesStachys viticina
artichoke betony
speciesStachys affinis
Sonoma Hedgenettle
speciesStachys stricta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.111
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.112
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.800
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.798
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.597
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.313
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.541
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1002
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1001
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.282
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.111
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.111
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51229.