| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamiaceae | Stachys alabamica | Alabama Hedge-nettle | Creek-floodplain transitions along Cheaha Creek (Clay County, AL). | Clay County, AL. Apparently only known from along the Cheaha Creek in the Talladega Mountains. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys annua | Annual Woundwort, Annual Hedge-nettle | Disturbed areas, probably only a waif (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019). | Native of Europe. | |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys appalachiana | Fens, usually over mafic or ultramafic rocks. | Apparently endemic to nw. NC (Alleghany, Ashe, and Watauga counties) and sw. VA (Carroll, Floyd, and Grayson counties). |  | |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys arenicola | Woundwort | Marl fens, upland depressions swamps, wet meadows, roadsides, banks of waterfowl impoundments, especially over limestone of mafic rocks; possibly adventive in part from farther west, but at least some populations native. | NS and QC west to AK, south to VA, KY, AR, OK, NM, AZ, and CA. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys arvensis | Staggerweed | Disturbed areas, especially a historic waif on ballast. | Native of Mediterranean Europe and n. Africa. Reported for VA by C, G, and K4; no documentation is known and the record is rejected (Virginia Botanical Associates 2023). |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys aspera | Rough-leaved Hedge-nettle | Moist or wet sandy soil of pine savannas, marshes, or swamp forests, mafic barrens, sinkhole ponds in the Great Valley. | NJ and NY west to IL and IA, south to GA and MO. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys byzantina | Lamb’s-ear, Woolly Hedge-nettle | Roadsides, lawns, doubtfully established from horticultural use. | Native of Turkey and vicinity. Reported for James City and Prince Edward counties, VA (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019). |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys caroliniana | Carolina Hedge-nettle | Margins of natural depressions, wet pine flatwoods. | Endemic to the Santee River delta region, SC. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys clingmanii | Clingman's Hedge-nettle | Rich cove forests, northern hardwood forests, northern hardwood - spruce-fir transition forests, mostly at high elevations (and see comments below). | A narrow Southern Appalachian endemic, known only from sw. NC and se. TN. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys cordata | Heart-leaved Hedge-nettle | Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks. | NY west to IL, south to SC, GA, AL, and AR. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys crenata | Mouse’s-ear, Shade Betony | Calcareous hammocks, ditches, damp forests. | E. SC south to s. FL, west to sw. AR and c. and s. TX; Mexico south to Guatemala. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys drummondii | Pink Mint | Chaparral and woodlands. | Se. TX south to s. TX and c. Mexico (MOR, NLE, PUE, SLP, TAM). | |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys eplingii | Epling's Hedge-nettle | Mesic forests, bogs, calcareous fens, wet meadows over calcareous or mafic substrates. | Sw. PA and WV south to e. TN, w. NC, and w. SC. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys floridana | Florida Betony, Rattlesnake-weed | Disturbed sites, roadsides, gardens; probably not native northward of Florida. | Native from n. FL and Panhandle FL south to s. FL; now in a much more extensive range in our region by recent spread. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys germanica | Downy Woundwort | Disturbed areas, roadsides, doubtfully established. | Native of Europe. Reported for FL, NJ, OH, TN, VA, WV (Kartesz 2022), but perhaps all or most records reflect waifs from cultivation. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys glandulosissima | Ocoee Hedge-nettle | On talus with underlying seepage. | Endemic to se. TN (Ocoee River Gorge, Polk County) and n. GA (Murray, Pickens, and Stephens counties). |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys hispida | Hispid Hedge-nettle | Wet meadows and mesic forests. | ME west to MB and ND, south to MD, GA, and AR. Mapping is highly speculative. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys hyssopifolia | Hyssop-leaved Hedge-nettle | Moist soils of pine savannas, marshes, seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds, roadside ditches. | ME to Panhandle FL, mainly on the Coastal Plain; disjunct around the Great Lakes (NY, MI, n. IN, n. IL). |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys iltisii | Ouachita Hedge-nettle | Upland woodlands and forests, roadsides. | AR west to e. OK, mainly in the Ouachita Mountains. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys latidens | Broad-toothed Hedge-nettle | Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges. | A Southern Appalachian endemic: w. VA south to n. GA, and e. TN. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys matthewsii | Yadkin Hedge-nettle | Floodplain forest edges, wet meadows, and clearings in the Piedmont, and on shrubby or openly wooded calcareous river shores and shell-marl bluffs of the Coastal Plain. | Known from Amelia, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Goochland, Halifax, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, and Surry counties, VA, and Durham, Granville, Montgomery, Moore, and Person counties, NC. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys nelsonii | Nelson's Hedge-nettle | |||
| Lamiaceae | Stachys nuttallii | Nuttall’s Hedge-nettle | Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks. | Primarily montane. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys palustris | Woundwort | Disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. Introduced mainly in ne. North America, south to MD, VA (Tazewell County), PA, and NJ. |  |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys pilosa | Prairie sloughs, marshes, ditches. | Northern, south to NJ, PA, IN, IL, MO, OK, NM, AZ, and CA. |  | |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys subcordata | Moist forests over calcareous or mafic rocks. | The known range of this species is heavily concentrated in seven counties in the Blue Ridge of c. VA, with a few extensions into the s. Blue Ridge and w. Piedmont, and disjunct to ne. TN. |  | |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys sylvatica | Woodland Hedge-nettle | Ballast waif. | Native of Eurasia. | |
| Lamiaceae | Stachys tenuifolia | Smooth Hedge-nettle | Wooded brownwater river bottoms and edges. | NB west to MB, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX. |  |
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