Stachys aethiopica L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

Perennial herb, sparingly to freely branched; stems decumbent or ascending up to 0.5 m long or more, variously pubescent with short antrorse hairs, longish spreading to retrorse hairs mixed with glandular hairs, or densely glandular. Leaves petiolate; blade thin to fairly firm in texture, broadly ovate to ovate-deltoid, 8-35(-60) x 6-25(-35) mm, sparingly and shortly hispid with or without glandular hairs, rarely almost glabrous, apex subacute to obtuse, base deeply to shallowly cordate, margin regularly crenate to crenate-serrate; petiole 3-30 mm long. Inflorescence lax below, dense above, occasionally subcapitate, of few to several verticils; verticils (2-)4-6-flowered; bracts similar to the leaves below becoming smaller towards the apex, eventually elliptic and equal to or shorter than the calyx. Calyx sparingly to densely hispid and often glandular, 5-8 mm long. Corolla white or pink to deep mauve, usually with purplish flecks on the lower lip; tube 7-10 mm long; upper lip ascending, 2-5 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 5-8 mm long.
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Perennial herb. Stems decumbent or ascending, slender, up to 0.5 m long. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate to ovate-deltoid, 8-35 x 6-25 mm, base deeply to shallowly cordate, apex acute to obtuse, margins regularly crenate to crenate-serrate, thin-textured, lower surface sparsely hispid or pilose, glandular. Flowers: inflorescence lax below, dense above, verticils (2-)4-6-flowered; calyx 5-8 mm long, sparsely to densely hispid, often glandular; corolla with tube 7-10 mm long, upper lip 2-5 mm long, lower lip 5-8 mm long, white or pink to deep mauve, purplish flecks on lower lip; Oct.-Apr.
Decumbent or ascending, perennial herb, ± 0.5 m high; variously pubescent, short hairs antrorse, longish hairs spreading to retrorse, mixed with glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate-deltoid, 8-35(-60) x 6-25(-35) mm, base ± cordate, apex subacute, margins crenate to crenate-serrate. Inflorescence lax below, dense above; verticils few to several; verticillasters (2-)4-6-flowered. Flowers white, pink or deep mauve. Calyx hispid, often glandular. Corolla: tube 7-10 mm long; upper lip ascending; lower lip deflexed, purplish flecked. Flowering time Feb.-May.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 50 cm long. They can be hairy. The leaves are broadly oval and 8-35 mm long by 6-25 mm wide. The flowering arrangements are loose lower down and in tighter rings higher up.
Glandular-hairy, sprawling perennial to 50 cm. Leaves petiolate, ovate, toothed. Flowers in 2-6-flowered verticils, calyx roughly and often glandular-hairy, corolla white, pink or mauve with darker spots.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Delirium (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Stachys aethiopica world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Mozambique, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459267-1
WFO ID wfo-0000313639
COL ID 6ZGPX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys aethiopica Stachys attenuata Stachys harveyi Stachys serrulata Betonica capensis Stachys capensis Stachys hispidula Stachys pulchella Stachys serrulata Stachys fruticetorum Stachys aethiopica var. glandulifera Stachys aethiopica var. hispidissima Stachys aethiopica var. parviflora