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Stachys
Also called Woundwort, Woundworts, Hedge Nettles, Hedgenettles
Stachys is a genus of plants, one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae. Estimates of the number of species vary from about 300 to about 450. Plants of the World Online accepts 373 species. Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae and its type species is Stachys sylvatica. The precise extent of the genus and its relationship to other genera in the subfamily are poorly known.
The distribution of the genus covers Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. Common names include hedgenettle, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, Monty plant and lamb's ears.
Stachys species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the moths Coleophora auricella, C. lineolea, and C. wockeella, all recorded on S. officinalis. They are also widely used by the European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum), which scrape the hairs from the plant in order to use them for building their nests.
Artichoke betony · Bugle hedgenettle · Whitestem hedgenettle · Stachys aleurites · Annual hedgenettle · Stachys antalyensis · Cobwebbed Woundwort · Staggerweed · Golden Stachys · Strandveld stachys · Stachys bombycina · California hedgenettle
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