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Taxonomy

Notes:

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Physical Description

Family Lamiaceae:

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs, annual or perennial, usually aromatic. Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound, without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent, 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous, 4 or 2, free, rarely filaments connate, sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal, or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets. Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.^[1]

Genus Stachys:

Herbs erect perennials or diffuse annuals, rarely subshrubs or shrubs, sometimes rhizomatous. Verticillasters 2- to many flowered, in terminal spikes. Pedicel short or obsolete. Calyx tubular-campanulate, obconical or tubular, 5- or 10-veined; teeth 5, equal or posterior 3 larger, acute to bristlelike, or spinescent. Corolla red, purple, yellow, gray, or white, 2-lipped; tube cylindric, nearly always villous annulate inside, sometimes saccate, incurved at apex, throat not dilated; upper lip straight or subpatent; lower lip longer, 3-lobed, middle lobe entire or emarginate, lateral lobes shorter. Stamens 4, reaching upper lip of corolla, anterior 2 longer and curved laterally at corolla throat; anther cells 2, conspicuous, parallel or divergent. Style apex subequally 2-cleft, lobes subulate. Nutlets ovoid to oblong, smooth or tuberculate, apex obtuse to rounded.

About 300 species: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America; 18 species in China.^[2]

Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: pale yellow

Distribution

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Stachys:

There are approximately 1,027 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. alpigena longipetala · S. alpina macrophylla · S. annua cilicica · S. arenaria mollis · S. argillicola barbisina · S. balansae carduchorum · S. ciliata macrantha · S. citrina chamacsideritis · S. cretica velata · S. fruticulosa grossheimii · S. germanica albereana · S. germanica cordata · S. germanica tymphaca · S. hissarica turkestanica · S. inflata caucasica · S. officinalis algeriensis · S. officinalis balcanica · S. officinalis haussknechtii · S. officinalis peredae · S. palustris aspera · S. palustris homotricha · S. pilosa hispida · S. pseudohumifusa minutiflora · S. rigida typica · S. setifera daenensis · S. setifera iranica · S. setifera lycia · S. spectabilis elata · S. subcrenata fragilis · S. 'Hidalgo' · S. 'Hopleys Variegated' · S. 'Pinkie' · S. 'Sentimental Journey' (Sentimental Journey Betony) · S. 'Wave Hill' (Lamb's Ear) · S. abchasica · S. aberdarica · S. abrotanifolia · S. acanthodonta · S. acerosa · S. aculata · S. aculeolata · S. aculeolata var. inermis · S. acuminata · S. acutifolia · S. adenocalyx · S. adulterina · S. aegyptiaca · S. aethiopica · S. aethiopica 'Danielle' · S. affinis (Artichoke Betony) · S. africana · S. agraria f. albiflora · S. aimerici · S. ajugaefolia · S. ajugiodes · S. ajugoides (Bugle Hedgenettle) · S. ajugoides Benth. var. ajugoides Benth. · S. ajugoides var. ajugoides · S. ajugoides var. cymosa · S. ajugoides var. quercetorum · S. ajugoides var. stricta · S. ajugoides var. velutina · S. alba · S. albanica · S. albens (Cobwebby Hedge-Nettle) · S. albens var. juliensis · S. albereana · S. albicaulis (Oreganillo) · S. albicaulis var. candidissima · S. albiflora · S. albotomentosa (Woundwort) · S. albotomentosa var. potosina · S. aleurites · S. algeriensis · S. alopecuros · S. alopecurus · S. alpigena · S. alpigena subsp. longipetala · S. alpina · S. alpina subsp. macrophylla · S. altissima · S. amanica · S. ampla · S. anamurensis · S. andina · S. andongensis · S. angustifolia · S. anisochila · S. annua (Annual Hedgenettle) · S. annua ammophila · S. annua subsp. cilicica · S. annua var. lycaonica · S. antalyensis · S. aperta · S. aquatica · S. arabica · S. arachnoidea · S. aragonensis · S. araucana · S. araxina

Members of the genus Fuchsia:

There are approximately 4,998 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: F. microphylla aprica · F. microphylla chiapensis · F. microphylla hidalgensis · F. paniculata mixensis · F. rivularis pubescens · F. bacillaris · F. corallina · F. dominiana · F. exoniensis · F. standishii · F. 'A 1' · F. 'A.M. Larwick' · F. 'A.W. Taylor' · F. 'Aad Franck' · F. 'Aadenken Bert Pelgrims' · F. 'Aalt Groothuis' · F. 'Aan de Linge' · F. 'Aart Verschoor' · F. 'Aat van Wijk' · F. 'Abbé Farges' (Semi-Double Fuchsia) · F. 'Abbey Hill' · F. 'Abbey Kilner' · F. 'Abbigayle Reine' · F. 'Aber Falls' · F. 'Abigail Storey' · F. 'Abigail' · F. 'Abinger Fayre' · F. 'Abt. Koloman Holzinger' · F. 'Abundance' · F. 'Acapulco' · F. 'Acclamation' · F. 'Achievement' · F. 'Achilles' · F. 'Ada Perry' · F. 'Ada's Love' · F. 'Adagio' · F. 'Addington' · F. 'Adelaide Hoodless' · F. 'Adinda' · F. 'Admiration' · F. 'Adrian Young' · F. 'Adriene Bergen' · F. 'Adrienne' · F. 'Ahehee' · F. 'Aiguillette' · F. 'Ailsa Garnett' · F. 'Aintree' · F. 'Air Cadet Leah' · F. 'Airball' · F. 'Airedale' · F. 'Aisen' · F. 'Ajax' · F. 'Al Stettler' · F. 'Alabama Improved' · F. 'Aladna' · F. 'Aladna's Marina' · F. 'Aladna's Rosy' · F. 'Aladna's Sanders' · F. 'Alan Ayckbourn' · F. 'Alan Dyos' · F. 'Alan Hall' · F. 'Alan Stilwell' · F. 'Alan Titchmarsh' · F. 'Alan's Joy' · F. 'Alaska' · F. 'Alba Coccinea' · F. 'Albert H' · F. 'Albert Harkink' · F. 'Albertina' · F. 'Albertus Schwab' · F. 'Albion' · F. 'Alde' · F. 'Aldenhof' · F. 'Alderford' · F. 'Alerta Logue' · F. 'Alexandra Dyos' · F. 'Alexandrina' · F. 'Alf Thornley' · F. 'Alfie' · F. 'Alfred de Groot' · F. 'Alfred Rambaud' · F. 'Algerine' · F. 'Ali Harder' · F. 'Ali' · F. 'Alice Ashton' · F. 'Alice Blue Gown' · F. 'Alice Doran' · F. 'Alice Hoffman' (Fuchsia) · F. 'Alice Mary' · F. 'Alice Rowell' · F. 'Alice Stringer' · F. 'Alice Sweetapple' · F. 'Alice Topliss' · F. 'Alice Travis' · F. 'Alipat' · F. 'Alisha Jade' · F. 'Alison Ewart' · F. 'Alison Patricia' (Fuchsia) · F. 'Alison Reynolds' · F. 'Alison Ruth Griffin'

Bibliography

• Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 5, 2006.

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1208459
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459426-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 894234

Footnotes:

1. Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
2. "Stachys". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 178. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.