[wikipedia] Description, Habitat: Stachys albens, also known as whitestem hedgenettle[1] or white hedgenettle, is a mint endemic to California.[2] S. albens flowers have a 2 lipped, 5 lobed calyx, which is densely cobwebby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins.[3][4] 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.[5] Distribution Stachys albens occurs between 0 (sea level) and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy[3] places in the following plant communities:[2] 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. (contributed by Mary Ann Machi)