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Littleleaf Woundwort

Stachys cymbalaria

Littleleaf Woundwort
Photo: De Waal Hugo - https://www.inaturalist.org/people/pdwhugo, CC BY 4.0

Stachys cymbalaria is a low, prostrate perennial herb from South African mountain grassland, growing among rocks at 900 to 2,200 m. It is grown mainly as a rock-garden or ground-cover plant in dry, well-drained conditions.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or rocky mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -5 °C; tolerates warm summers.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Africa
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Stachys cymbalaria, the littleleaf woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa.

Where it grows

Stachys cymbalaria can be found among rocks in mountain grassland at 900–2,200 m (3,000–7,200 ft) in elevation from southern KwaZulu-Natal to as far west as Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape.

Other Stachys plants

Artichoke betony · Bugle hedgenettle · Whitestem hedgenettle · Stachys aleurites · Annual hedgenettle · Stachys antalyensis · Cobwebbed Woundwort · Staggerweed · Golden Stachys · Strandveld stachys · Stachys bombycina · California hedgenettle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stachys cymbalaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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