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Smooth hedgenettle

Stachys tenuifolia

Also called Smooth Hedge Nettle

Smooth hedgenettle
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown., Public domain
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Stachys tenuifolia, the smooth hedgenettle, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae.

Where it grows

The distribution of Stachys tenuifolia is Eastern Canada, to central and Eastern USA. It is a wetland indicator species. Being found in wooded brownwater river bottoms and edges.

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 tenuifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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