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Stachys thunbergii
Also called Smooth Hedgenettle, Smooth Woundwort
Stachys thunbergii, commonly called the smooth or porphyrous woundwort, is a distinctive species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa.
The larger population of S. thunbergii is in the Eastern Cape province, where it grows in forest margins and closed woodland at altitudes of 120–950 m (390–3,120 ft) from George to Humansdorp. In the Western Cape province, it is most often encountered on the south-eastern slopes of Devil′s Peak and adjoining mountains in the Table Mountain National Park. There are also some scattered records of the species between these two centres.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stachys thunbergii 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.
