Whitestem hedgenettle

Stachys albens

''Stachys albens'', also known as whitestem hedgenettle or white hedgenettle, is a mint endemic to California. ''S. albens'' flowers have a 2-lipped, 5-lobed calyx, which is densely cob-webby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins. The plant is fuzzy all over, with opposite, triangular, serrate leaves, a square stem, a layered spike of many small flowers, and a minty smell if bruised.
Whitestem hedgenettle Sep 2014. Zumwalt Meadow, Kings Canyon, CA. A mint endemic to California. Geotagged,Stachys albens,Summer,United States

Distribution

''Stachys albens'' occurs between 0 and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy places in the following plant communities:
⤷ Foothill oak woodland
⤷ Coastal sage scrub
⤷ Yellow pine forest
⤷ Red fir forest
⤷ Lodgepole pine forest
⤷ California mixed evergreen forest
⤷ Wetland-riparian
⤷ Pinyon-juniper woodland - ''Mojave and Colorado Deserts''

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyLamiaceae
GenusStachys
SpeciesS. albens
Photographed in
United States of America