Stachys natalensis Hochst.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

Perennial herb; stems several, erect, 0.12-0.2 m tall or few, decumbent to straggling, up to 0.5 m long, variously pubescent, glandular hairs usually absent. Leaves subsessile or petiolate; blade firm to thick-textured, ovate to ovate-deltoid, variable in size, 10-40 x 6-24 mm, shortly and sparingly appressed pubescent to densely strigose above, less dense and more spreading beneath, often with some glandular hairs but not conspicuously glandular, apex obtuse to rounded, base deeply cordate to rounded, margin regularly and shallowly crenate; petiole up to 12 mm long. Inflorescence fairly dense above, laxer below, of 5-20 verticils; verticils 2-flowered; bracts similar to the leaves below, becoming smaller towards the apex, eventually elliptic, equal to or shorter than the calyx. Calyx densely villous to densely and shortly pubescent, without glands, 7-10 mm long. Corolla white with a few lilac markings on the lower lip; tube 7-11 mm long; upper lip ascending, 2-3 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 5-7 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.2
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459779-1
WFO ID wfo-0000314293
COL ID 4ZFS5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys natalensis

Lower taxons

Stachys natalensis var. galpinii Stachys natalensis var. natalensis