Lamiaceae
German hedgenettle
Stachys germanica
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Stachys
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- بطنج جرماني, قارة, ورطوري
- Asturian
- Fueya (de) l'algodón
- Belarusian
- Чысцік германскі
- Bulgarian
- Германски ранилист
- Czech
- Čistec německý
- English
- German hedgenettle, Downy woundwort, True woundwort
- German
- Deutscher Ziest
- hsb
- Wołmjana přeslička
- Polish
- Czyściec kosmaty
- Portuguese
- Betónica-da-alemanha
- Russian
- Чистец германский
- Slovak
- Čistec nemecký
- Slovenian
- Nemški čišljak
- Swedish
- Luddsyska
- Welsh
- Briwlys pannog
Synonyms
- Eriostomum germanicum (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link
- Leonurus germanica (L.) Gueldenst.
- Stachys tomentosa Gaterau
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Vachovec1, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.