Stachys albens

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Stachys albens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Stachys
Species:
S. albens
Binomial name
Stachys albens

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]

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Distribution

Stachys albens occurs between 0 (sea level) and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy [3] places in the following plant communities: [2]

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References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stachys albens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Calflora: Stachys albens
  3. 1 2 UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for STACHYS albens
  4. Norman F. Weeden (1996). A Sierra Nevada Flora (4th ed.). Berkeley CA: Wilderness Press. ISBN   0-89997-204-7.
  5. Karen Wiese (2013). Sierra Nevada Wildflowers (2nd ed.). Falcon Guides. ISBN   978-0-7627-8034-1.
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