Stachys latidens Small ex Britton. Common name: Broad-toothed Hedge-nettle. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges. Distribution: A Southern Appalachian endemic: w. VA south to n. GA, and e. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, K4, RAB, S, Tn, Va, WV, Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend (2011), Floden (2016), Poindexter & Nelson (2011); = Stachys tenuifolia Willd. var. latidens (Small ex Britton) J.B.Nelson — W, Nelson (1981); < Stachys tenuifolia Willd. — GW2. Basionym: Stachys latidens Small ex Britton 1901
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges.
Stems: Stems 4-angled, unbranched, the angles with stiff, downcurved hairs.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval to elliptic, 2 1/2-6 in. long, coarsely toothed and sometimes purplish on the margins, smooth to slightly hairy.
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Flowers: Flowers in whorls on terminal spikes; pink with purple streaking; 1/3-1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular, opening to 2 lips, the upper one erect and concave, the lower spreading downward and 3-lobed. The finely hairy calyx tube has 5 triangular lobes, about 1/2 the length of the tube, with sharp, needle-like tips and may be red-tinged.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of moist forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges.
stems: Stems 4-angled, unbranched, the angles with stiff, downcurved hairs.
leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval to elliptic, 2 1/2-6 in. long, coarsely toothed and sometimes purplish on the margins, smooth to slightly hairy.
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flowers: Flowers in whorls on terminal spikes; pink with purple streaking; 1/3-1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular, opening to 2 lips, the upper one erect and concave, the lower spreading downward and 3-lobed. The finely hairy calyx tube has 5 triangular lobes, about 1/2 the length of the tube, with sharp, needle-like tips and may be red-tinged.
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