Cooley's hedge-nettle (coastal hedgenettle)
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Map
Distribution of Stachys chamissonis var. cooleyae
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Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from rhizome; stems erect, 70-150 cm tall, mostly unbranched, 4-angled, bristly-hairy on the angles.
Leaves:
Opposite, wedge- to egg-shaped, 6-15 cm long, 2.5-8 cm wide, coarsely blunt-toothed, long-hairy; only somewhat reduced and shorter-stalked upward; stalks 1.5-4.5 cm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a series of clusters of several to many flowers, the lower subtended by slightly reduced leaves, the upper by bracts; corollas tubular, deep red-purple, the tube 15-25 mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, simple and somewhat hood-like, the lower lip 3-lobed, 8-14 mm long; calyces tubular, 8-11 (13) mm long, glandular-hairy, ring of hairs within near base of tube, teeth broadly lance-triangular, shorter than the tube, spine-tipped.
Fruits:
Nutlets, 4 clustered together.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
115 | 2 | 1100 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
5 | 0 | 125 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
122 | 35 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 1 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
328 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(1), CDF(69), CWH(206), PP(2), SBS(4) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Wet to mesic swamps, waste places, roadsides, open woodlands and forest margins in the lowland and lower montane zone; common in SW BC west of the Coast-Cascade Mountains, rare on the Queen Charlotte Islands; S to OR.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Stachys ciliata Epling
Stachys cooleyae A. Heller
Taxonomic Keys
KEY TO STACHYS
1. Plants annuals......................................................................S. arvensis 1. Plants perennials. 2. Plants densely covered with soft, white hairs...........................S. byzantina 2. Plants not white-hairy. 3. Leaves unstalked, at least those of upper half of stem.............. S. palustris 3. Leaves all stalked. 4. Plants 70-150 cm tall; corollas deep red-purple; tubes 15-23 mm long.......................S. chamissonis 4. Plants 30-80 cm tall; corollas pale pink to pink-purple, tubes 8-13 mm long....................S. mexicana Source: Illustrated Flora of British Columbia |