Lamiaceae
Italian hedgenettle
Stachys ocymastrum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Stachys
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Common names
By language (3)
- Catalan
- Alfabregueta
- English
- Italian hedgenettle
- German
- Basilikum-Ziest
Synonyms
- Galeopsis hirsuta L.
- Galeopsis hispanica Mill.
- Sideritis ocymastrum L.
- Stachys divaricata Viv.
- Stachys foucauldiana Sennen
- Stachys hirta L.
- Stachys hirta var. hirtula (Pomel) Batt.
- Stachys hirta var. lagascae (Caball.) Sennen & Mauricio
- Stachys hirta var. virgata Batt.
- Stachys hirtula Pomel
- Stachys inscripta Rchb.
- Stachys lagascae Caball.
- Stachys marrubiastrum Briq.
- Stachys ocymastrum f. bicolor Faure & Maire
- Stachys ocymastrum f. lagascae (Caball.) Guarr.
- Stachys ocymastrum subsp. bicolor (Faure & Maire) E.Blanco
- Stachys ocymastrum var. bicolor (Faure & Maire) Maire
- Stachys ocymastrum var. rifana (Font Quer & Maire) Guarr.
- Stachys ocymastrum var. violascens Faure & Maire
- Stachys rifana Font Quer & Maire
- Stachys rifana var. foucauldiana (Sennen) Font Quer & Sennen
- Tetrahitum hirtum Hoffmanns. & Link
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, 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.