Stachys albens
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Stachys albens, also known as whitestem hedgenettle[1] or white hedgenettle, is a mint endemic to California.[2] S. albens flowers have a 2-lipped, 5-lobed calyx, which is densely cob-webby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins.[3][4] The plant is fuzzy all over, with opposite, triangular, serrate leaves, a square stem, a layered spike of many small flowers, and a minty smell if bruised.[5]
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Distribution
Stachys albens occurs between 0 (sea level) and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy [3] places in the following plant communities:[2]
- Foothill oak woodland
- Coastal sage scrub
- Yellow pine forest
- Red fir forest
- Lodgepole pine forest
- California mixed evergreen forest
- Wetland-riparian
- Pinyon-juniper woodland - Mojave and Colorado Deserts
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stachys albens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b Calflora: Stachys albens
- ^ a b UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for STACHYS albens
- ^ Norman F. Weeden (1996). A Sierra Nevada Flora (4th ed.). Berkeley CA: Wilderness Press. ISBN 0-89997-204-7.
- ^ Karen Wiese (2013). Sierra Nevada Wildflowers (2nd ed.). Falcon Guides. ISBN 978-0-7627-8034-1.
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