Stachys cordata Riddell
Detail
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Stachys cordata Riddell
- Common Name
- Heart-leaf Hedge-nettle
- Synonym(s)
- Stachys nuttallii Shuttlew. ex Benth., in part; Stachys riddellii House
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Stachys cordata Riddell
- Comments
- See Sida 20:583-583 (2002), which presents a convincing argument that the name S. cordata should be used for this taxon. Frequent in and characteristic of the Ridge and Valley and Cumberland Mountains in southwestern Virginia.
A specimen from Roanoke county is intermediate with calyx like S. cordata and leaves like S. subcordata. - Habitat
- Rich, mesic to dry-mesic upland forests on various substrates including limestone, dolostone, calcareous shales, and calcareous sandstone; also in rich alluvial forests; shade-tolerant. Frequent in the sw. mountains (Ridge and Valley and Cumberland Mountains), north to Pulaski and Giles counties; two outlying populations have been documented in the w. Piedmont foothills (Albemarle and Campbell counties), and one in the n. Piedmont (Fairfax County).
- Native Status
- Native
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