Lamiaceae
Stiff hedgenettle
Stachys recta
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Stachys
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- ايراقليا, سمسميقا
- Belarusian
- Чысцік прамы
- Bulgarian
- Прав ранилист
- Czech
- Čistec přímý
- Dutch
- Bergandoorn
- English
- Stiff hedgenettle, Yellow woundwort, Perennial yellow woundwort
- French
- Épiaire droite, Epiaire dressée, Epiaire droite
- German
- Aufrechter Ziest
- hsb
- Hórska přeslička
- Hungarian
- Hasznos tisztesfű
- Latvian
- Stāvā sārmene
- Lithuanian
- Stačioji notra
- Polish
- Czyściec prosty
- Russian
- Чистец прямой
- Slovak
- Čistec rovný
- Slovenian
- Pokončni čišljak
- Spanish
- Hierba apopletica, Hierba apoplética, Hierba de la perlesia, Hierba de la perlesía, Yerba apopletica, Yerba apoplética, Yerba de la perlesia, Yerba de la perlesía
- Swedish
- Styvsyska
- Welsh
- Briwlys melyn bythol
Synonyms
- Betonica recta (L.) Baill.
- Ortostachys recta (L.) Fourr.
- Prasium stachys E.H.L.Krause
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dominique casalta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Joris Egger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: alderash, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrea Schieber from München, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Francesco Criminisi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: La petite Bio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Paul Vonasek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Stachys
- WhitespotStachys sylvaticaLamiaceae
- Marsh hedgenettleStachys palustrisLamiaceae
- Woolly hedgenettleStachys byzantinaLamiaceae
- StaggerweedStachys arvensisLamiaceae
- 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.