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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys eplingii   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Stachys eplingii

INCLUDED WITHIN Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)

Stachys eplingii

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-003:

Stachys nuttallii   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stachys nuttallii

 

COMMON NAME:
Epling's Hedgenettle


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image of Stachys eplingii, Epling's Hedgenettle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_stachys_eplingii_4

June        

This species has a scattered sporadic range in southern & central Appalachians, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Stachys eplingii, Epling's Hedgenettle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_stachys_eplingii_8

June        

image of Stachys eplingii, Epling's Hedgenettle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_stachys_eplingii_8b

June        

Calyx lobes strongly deltoid, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys eplingii   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys eplingii

INCLUDED WITHIN Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys eplingii

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-003:
Stachys nuttallii   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys nuttallii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2957

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests, bogs, wet meadows over calcareous or mafic substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Historically in NC, but not recently seen

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender
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
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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