Lamiaceae
Marsh hedgenettle
Stachys palustris
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Stachys
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- بطنج المناقع, سطاخيس المروج
- Armenian
- Աբեղախոտ ճահճային
- Belarusian
- Чысцік балотны, Воўчая мята, Галавенька, Жывічка, Зябра палявая, Крапіва воўчая, Чыстацел, Чысцік
- Bulgarian
- Блатен ранилист
- Catalan
- Epiaire des marais
- Chinese
- 沼生水苏, 沼生水蘇, 望江青
- Croatian
- Močvarni čistac
- Czech
- Čistec bahenní
- Danish
- Kær-Galtetand
- Dutch
- Moerasandoorn
- English
- Marsh hedgenettle, Marsh woundwort, Clown's all-heal, Hedge-nettle, Clown's heal-all, Clown's woundwort
- Estonian
- Soo-nõianõges
- Finnish
- Peltopähkämö
- French
- Épiaire des marais, Epiaire des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Ziest, Sumpfziest, Epiaire des marais
- hsb
- Włóžna přeslička
- Hungarian
- Mocsári tisztesfű
- Irish
- Cabhsadán
- Japanese
- オトメイヌゴマ
- Kazakh
- Тоққұдыс
- Latvian
- Purva sārmene
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinė notra, Epiaire des marais
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Åkersvinerot
- nv
- Tólchiintsoh
- Persian
- سنبلهای باتلاقی
- Polish
- Czyściec błotny
- Romanian
- Bălbisă
- rsk
- Чисцец
- Russian
- Чистец болотный
- Slovak
- Čistec močiarny
- Slovenian
- Močvirski čišljak
- Spanish
- Betónica palustre, Hortiga muerta de hojas estrechas, Ortiga hedionda, Betonica palustre
- Swedish
- Knölsyska, Epiaire des marais
- Ukrainian
- Чистець болотяний
- Welsh
- Briwlys y gors
Synonyms
- Stachys aquatica Bubani
- Stachys austriaca Heynh.
- Stachys maeotica Postrig.
- Stachys palustris f. cleoniquei B.Boivin
- Stachys palustris var. angustifolia Benth.
- Stachys palustris var. arenicola Farw.
- Stachys palustris var. cinerea T.Durand
- Stachys palustris var. hybrida Benth.
- Stachys palustris var. insularis Briq.
- Stachys palustris var. macrocalyx Jenn.
- Stachys palustris var. nipigonensis Jenn.
- Stachys palustris var. petiolata T.Durand
- Stachys palustris var. phaneropoda Weath. ex Fernald
- Stachys palustris var. segetalis Klett & Richt.
- Stachys palustris var. segetum (Hagen) Nyman
- Stachys segetum Hagen
- Stachys wolgensis Wilensky
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 2,007 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: viridian, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Annual hedgenettleStachys annuaLamiaceae
- Artichoke betonyStachys affinisLamiaceae
- German hedgenettleStachys germanicaLamiaceae
- Alpine woundwortStachys alpinaLamiaceae
- Italian hedgenettleStachys ocymastrumLamiaceae
- Stachys creticaLamiaceae
- Bugle hedgenettleStachys ajugoidesLamiaceae
- Whitestem hedgenettleStachys albensLamiaceae
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.