Stachys eplingii J. Nelson
Detail
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Stachys eplingii J. Nelson
- Common Name
- Epling's Hedge-nettle
- Synonym(s)
- Stachys nuttallii Shuttlew. ex Benth., misapplied
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Stachys eplingii J. Nelson
- Comments
- This species has been subject to much nomenclatural confusion in the past. See Brittonia 31:491-494 (1979), Misapplication of the name Stachys nuttallii (Lamiaceae) to a new southeastern species. Despite nomenclatural confusion, this taxon is morphologically distinct. The type locality is in Fauquier County, at the western foot of the Bull Run Mountains.
- Habitat
- Calcareous fens and wet meadows. Rare, mountains and Piedmont; a somewhat anomalous population has been documented in a Caroline County powerline clearing at the boundary of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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