Index / Search / Stachys tenuifolia
§1 Plant
Stachys tenuifolia Willd.
vernacular smooth hedgenettle — species · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Stachys
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 906 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 125 min.
- Precipitation
- 28–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.7–7.4
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- 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
- 157,000
- 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 906 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clay 05021
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Faulkner 05045
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Phillips 05107
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 95 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Shawnee 20177
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Macomb 26099
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Saginaw 26145
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cook 27031
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Le Sueur 27079
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Pine 27115
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Hinds 28049
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Lafayette 28071
- Leflore 28083
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Pearl River 28109
- Sharkey 28125
- Tate 28137
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
Missouri view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Loudon 47105
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Roane 47145
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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