Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Stachys hyssopifolia Michx. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 4 (1803) |
Native Range | nc. & e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | glabrous, leaves linear, 1-5cm, acute, entire, whorls 2-6-flowered, flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile, calyx lobes lanceolate, acuminate, corolla ca. 1cm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Stachys atlantica Britton Stachys hyssopifolia var. lythroides (Small) J.B.Nelson Stachys hyssopifolia f. oswaldiae Oswald Stachys lythroides Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MSO Missouri) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I.) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (FLA Florida, SCA South Carolina, VRG Virginia) |