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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys clingmanii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Clingman's Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys clingmanii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys clingmanii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-004:
Stachys clingmanii FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys clingmanii
COMMON NAME:
Clingman's Hedgenettle
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Jean Askew jas_071823_8626
July Swain County NC
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Jean Askew jas_071823_8626b
July Swain County NC
Differs from S. latidens in having long spreading bristles on stem's angles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsclingmanii_rm
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_stachysclingmanii
Month Unknown NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves hairy with petioles 0.4-1.2" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_stachysclingmanii_b
Month Unknown NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hedgenettles are tall plants w interrupted spikes of .5" pink-purple flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stachys clingmanii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys clingmanii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Stachys (Labitae) in Southeastern United States (Nelson, 1981)
Stachys clingmanii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-004:
Stachys clingmanii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stachys clingmanii
1905
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests, especially periglacial boulderfields, mostly at high elevations (and see comments below), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
White/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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p088
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p231?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p273
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p147
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