NameThatPlant.net: Stachys palustris

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys palustris FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys palustris FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
marsh hedgenettle

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys palustris FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys palustris FAMILY Lamiaceae

3653

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
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:
Summer/Fall?

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