''Stachys pycnantha'' is a species of flowering plant in the
mint family known by the common name shortspike hedgenettle.
It is native to
California, where it is known from many types of mountain and foothill habitat. This mint produces several stems usually exceeding 60 centimeters in height. It is hairy and glandular and very aromatic. The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades borne on short
petioles. The
inflorescence is usually a single cluster or interrupted series of a few clusters of flowers, with up to 12 flowers per cluster. The tubular corolla is up to a centimeter long and white to pink in color. It is borne in a hairy calyx of
sepals.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
pycnantha
Flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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