Lamiaceae
Woolly hedgenettle
Stachys byzantina
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Stachys
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- بطنج بيزنطي
- arz
- بطنج بيزنطى
- Asturian
- Oreya (de) llebre
- Chinese
- 绵毛水苏, 绵毛水蘇
- Czech
- Čistec vlnatý
- Danish
- Lammeøre
- Dutch
- Ezelsoor
- English
- Woolly hedgenettle
- Esperanto
- Bizanca stakiso
- Estonian
- Villane nõianõges
- Finnish
- Nukkapähkämö
- frr
- Haasuar
- Hungarian
- Gyapjas tisztesfű
- Japanese
- ラムズイヤー
- Macedonian
- Волнест чистец
- Malayalam
- സ്റ്റാക്കിസ് ബൈസാന്റിന
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lammeøre
- Persian
- سنبلهای نقرهای
- Polish
- Czyściec wełnisty
- Portuguese
- Lambari, Peixinho, Peixinho-da-horta
- Russian
- Чистец византийский, Овечьи ушки, Чистец крымский, Чистец шерстистый
- Swedish
- Lammöron
- Ukrainian
- Чистець візантійський, Чистець шерстистий
- Welsh
- Clust yr oen
Synonyms
- Eriostomum lanatum Hoffmanns. & Link
- Stachys germanica subsp. lanata Douin
- Stachys lanata Jacq.
- Stachys lanata var. parvifolia K.Koch
- Stachys olympica Poir.
- Stachys taurica Zefir.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 134 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Evgenij Samarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vanwolf, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Slimguy04, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: calibas, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter Andersen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.