Stachys annua

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Stachys annua
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Flowers
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Stachys
Species:
S. annua
Binomial name
Stachys annua
(L.) L. [1]
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Betonica annuaL.
    • Olisia annua(L.) Fourr.
    • Prasium stachydiumE.H.L.Krause
    • Stachys betonicaCrantz

Stachys annua, called the annual yellow woundwort, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the hedgenettle genus Stachys , native to Europe, the Middle East, and western Siberia, and introduced in Cyprus, eastern North America, and Amur Oblast and Primorsky Krai in far eastern Russia. [2] [3] It is a common plant in fields, road verges and waste places. [4]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: [2]

References

  1. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 813 (1763)
  2. 1 2 3 "Stachys annua (L.) L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Stachys annua annual yellow woundwort". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. Collins, J. Franklin (1899). "Rhode Island Plant—Notes, — I. Wastes". Rhodora. 1 (3): 46–48. JSTOR   23293063.