Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys annua
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys annua
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys annua
COMMON NAME:
Annual Woundwort, Annual Hedgenettle
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys annua
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys annua
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stachys annua
3658
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, probably only a waif (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019), per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
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:
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