Stachys rigida

Rough hedgenettle

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rough hedgenettle is a California native perennial found in grasslands and oak woodlands with varied elevations. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces soft pink flowers in compact clusters of 6 to 10 blossoms with a distinctive oblique ring of hairs. Growing 60 to 100 centimeters tall with stems that are generally erect to slightly decumbent and either nearly smooth or softly hairy. Its leaves are 5 to 9 centimeters long, ovate to lanceolate in shape, with rounded to heart-shaped bases and pointed tips. The delicate pink flowers emerge from clustered whorls, creating a subtle but charming display in California's native landscapes.

California counties: Lake, Riverside, Plumas, San Luis Obispo, Orange, San Diego, El Dorado, Marin, Napa, Colusa, Nevada, Glenn, Siskiyou, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Solano, San Mateo, Lassen, Trinity, Shasta, Humboldt, Sonoma, Ventura, Del Norte, Mendocino, Tehama, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Placer, Sierra, Los Angeles, Alpine, Santa Clara, Butte, Contra Costa, Modoc, Yuba

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