Hedge-nettle (coastal hedgenettle; Cooley’s hedge-nettle; Cooley's hedge-nettle; Lamb's-ear)
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© David Blevins (Photo ID #520)
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
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.
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) |
46 | 44 | 49 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 5 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(2) | ||
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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
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 |