Stachys rigida var. rigida

Rough hedgenettle

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rough hedgenettle is a California native perennial found in central California in moist to somewhat dry places at elevations below 2,500 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces small soft-textured flowers with subtle coloration. Growing with upright stems 30 to 60 centimeters tall, it forms dense clustered stands. Its soft-hairy leaves are lanceolate to oblong, with rounded bases and acute to obtuse tips, featuring delicate minutely serrate margins. The plant's distinctive soft texture and graceful leaf shape make it a subtle but charming component of California's grassland and woodland understory.

Habitat: Moist to +- dry places

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: < 2500 m

Bioregions: CA (+- rare D)

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

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