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§1 Plant

Stachys palustris L.

vernacular marsh hedgenettle — species · Lamiaceae


USDA
STPA
GBIF
2927245
Rank
species
marsh hedgenettle (Stachys palustris)
Platephotograph · Y NielsenCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Lamiaceae Martinov
Genus
Stachys
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 350 counties across 19 states/territories
Legend Native · 350 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
125 min.
Precipitation
14–55 in/yr
pH range
5.7–8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
585,800
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 350 counties across 19 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Illinois view state ↗ 65 N
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N
Maine view state ↗ 8 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N
Michigan view state ↗ 26 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 78 N
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N
New York view state ↗ 26 N
Ohio view state ↗ 13 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 24 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 58 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/STPA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2927245 ↗

Record version

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