WorldFloraDB - Stachys byzantina

Characteristics

Perennial, non-aromatic herb with fibrous roots, forming large mats, the whole plant densely and persistently white-lanate. Petioles 1/2-3/4 length of lamina in basal lvs, 5-10 mm long in stem lvs. Lamina 5-12 × 1.5-3.5 cm, oblong-elliptic or elliptic, evenly crenulate; base cuneate; apex acute or subacute. Stem lvs much smaller. Bracts smaller and narrower than foliage lvs. Calyx 10-12 mm long; teeth triangular, acuminate, much < tube. Corolla 12-15 mm long, pink or rose, lanate outside; tube included in calyx; upper lip not hooded; lower lip subequal to upper. Nutlets not seen.

More

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are felt like due to soft white hairs. It has erect flowering stems. These are 40-80 cm tall.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

epizoochory

Mature width (meter)

0.5 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.15 - 0.5

Root system

fibrous-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are fried and eaten. The leaves are dried and used for tea.

Uses	environmental use medicinal ornamental tea
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Asthma (leaf), Cardiovascular diseases (leaf), Varicose veins (leaf), Contraceptive (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°)	20
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-