Stachys stebbinsii

Stebbins' hedgenettle

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Stebbins' hedgenettle is a California native perennial found in central western and southwestern bioregions in moist to somewhat dry places at elevations below 2,500 meters. Flowering during summer, this plant produces pink flowers with a corolla tube 8 to 9 millimeters long and a lower lip 7 to 8.5 millimeters wide. Growing with robust, erect stems up to 1.5 meters tall that are hairy and resinous, it has a distinctively glandular appearance. Its large leaves are musky-aromatic, with petioles 5 to 6 centimeters long and blades 10 to 12 centimeters long, featuring a truncate to strongly heart-shaped base and prominently scalloped edges. The plant forms distinctive flower clusters containing 6 blossoms, with each flower having a calyx tube 4 to 5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Moist to +- dry places

Bloom period: Summer

Elevation: < 2500 m

Bioregions: CW, SW

California counties: San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Napa, San Francisco

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