Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Broadtooth Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-005:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Broadtooth Hedgenettle
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stla5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1412
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1413
June Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslatidens_lec1
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslatidens_lec2
June
Stems mostly glabrous, but with short reflexed hairs on the angles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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John B. Nelson jbn_3749808005_753b5fff9c
July Carroll County VA
The flower's upper part ends in an inverted cup that covers the 4 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm070721_029
July NC-TN
The Roan Highlands
The flower's lower part is bent sharply downward, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140704_603
July Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6603
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6605
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6620
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200717_6621
July Jackson County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslatidens_brp
July? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Hedgenettles are tall plants w interrupted spikes of .5" pink-purple flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3963
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3963b
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Leaf blades oblong-elliptic, margins serrate to crenate, teeth often ~ rounded, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3963c
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Calyx 4-6mm long; calyx lobes spine-tipped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Stachys tenuifolia var. latidens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-005:
Stachys latidens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
2111
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC, rare in GA-SC, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Habitat: Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
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
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p326
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p081
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p217
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p147