Hyssop Hedge Nettle

(Stachys hyssopifolia)

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Hyssop Hedge Nettle (Stachys hyssopifolia)

Identification: Flowers pink, mottled with purple and white. Upper petal lobe pubescent. Flowers arranged in small clusters in the upper leaf axils. Stem square. Leaves long, narrow, with a smooth outer margin, and sessile to the stem. Plant 4 to 30 inches in height.

Distribution: Southern Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic Coast to Florida. Also locally present in the more inland states.

Habitat: Hyssop Hedge Nettle is found in bogs, along the shores of rivers and lakes, and in wet prairies.

Flowering period: June to September.

Hyssop Hedge Nettle (Stachys hyssopifolia)

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The combination of its pink flowers and long, narrow, untoothed leaves usually distinguish Hyssop Hedge Nettle from other mints.

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