Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys eplingii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Epling's Hedgenettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys eplingii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-003:
Stachys nuttallii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Epling's Hedgenettle
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_stachys_eplingii_4
June
This species has a scattered sporadic range in southern & central Appalachians, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_stachys_eplingii_8
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_stachys_eplingii_8b
June
Calyx lobes strongly deltoid, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stachys eplingii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stachys eplingii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-20-003:
Stachys nuttallii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
2957
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in mesic forests, bogs, wet meadows over calcareous or mafic substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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!