Stachys bullata

California hedge nettle

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

California hedge nettle is a native perennial found in coastal central and southern California bioregions on dry slopes near the coast at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from March to September, this plant produces pink to purple flowers with a two-lipped corolla, the lower lip longer and slightly hairy. Growing with erect branched stems 40 to 80 centimeters tall, it has stiff, sharp hairs on stem angles and softer glandular hairs on stem sides. Its leaves are soft and stiff-hairy, approximately ovate, 3 to 18 centimeters long with a heart-shaped base and blunt tip. The plant forms interrupted flower clusters with typically 6 flowers, each with a glandular, hairy calyx tube.

Habitat: dry slopes near coast

Bloom period: Mar-Sep

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: CW, SW.

California counties: Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Napa, Mendocino, San Benito, Humboldt, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Mateo, Alameda, San Diego, Orange, Trinity, Del Norte, Contra Costa, San Bernardino, Marin, Riverside, San Francisco, Merced, Sonoma, Tehama

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.