Jump to content

Stachys annua

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stachys annua
Flowers
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Stachys
Species:
S. annua
Binomial name
Stachys annua
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Betonica annua L.
    • Olisia annua (L.) Fourr.
    • Prasium stachydium E.H.L.Krause
    • Stachys betonica Crantz

Stachys annua, called the annual yellow woundwort, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the hedgenettle genus Stachys, native to Europe, the Middle East, and western Siberia, and introduced in Cyprus, eastern North America, and Amur Oblast and Primorsky Krai in far eastern Russia.[2][3] It is a common plant in fields, road verges and waste places.[4]

Subspecies

[edit]

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Stachys annua subsp. ammophila (Boiss. & Blanche) Sam.
  • Stachys annua subsp. annua
  • Stachys annua subsp. cilicica (Boiss.) R.Bhattacharjee

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 813 (1763)
  2. ^ a b c "Stachys annua (L.) L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Stachys annua annual yellow woundwort". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ Collins, J. Franklin (1899). "Rhode Island Plant—Notes, — I. Wastes". Rhodora. 1 (3): 46–48. JSTOR 23293063.