Calflora Taxon Report
Stachys bullata  Benth.
California hedge nettle, California hedgenettle, Southern hedge nettle, Wood mint
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2013 James Gonsman
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2020 Mary Conway
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2021 Cameron Chabre
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2023 Kate Lemega
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2019 Barbara Peck
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2025 David Koontz
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2024 William Lundgren
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2019 David Greenberger
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2020 Susan McDougall
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2020 Ken Lunders
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2020 Steven M Norris
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2020 Bryant Baker
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2020 Mary Conway
Stachys bullata is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
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Genus: Stachys
Family: Lamiaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Chaparral
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEFStachys californica
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[wikipedia] Distribution, Description: Stachys bullata is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name California hedgenettle.[1] Distribution It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Central Coast Ranges, the Transverse Ranges, and other coastal mountain ranges in the central and southern parts of the state. It can also be found in maritime coastal habitat, such as the canyons of the Channel Islands. Description This mint produces an erect stem up to about 80 centimeters tall. It is coated in rough and soft hairs, some glandular. The hairy, glandular leaves are up to 18 centimeters long, borne in opposite pairs along the stem. The hairy, glandular inflorescence is made up of interrupted clusters of six flowers each. The flower has a tubular pink corolla up to a centimeter long borne in a hairy calyx of sepals. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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