Stachys sylvatica L.
EOL Text
Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | NatureServe |
| Source | http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Stachys+sylvatica |
Xinjiang (cultivated in other provinces) [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia; SW Asia, Europe].
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Source | http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020452 |
Herbs perennial. Stems erect or slightly flexuous, 30-120 cm, branched toward apex, hispid, angles glandular puberulent. Petiole slender, 3-6.5 cm; stem leaf blades ovate-cordate, 8-12 × 5-9.5 cm, adaxially shiny, appressed villous-hispid, abaxially gray-green, yellowish glandular, villous-hispid along veins, base cordate, margin coarsely callose crenate-serrate, apex acuminate. Spikes 10-20 cm; verticillasters 6(-8)-flowered, widely spaced; lower floral leaves petiolate, 10-15 × 2-4 mm, margin dentate; upper floral leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, slightly longer than verticillasters, margin entire; bracteoles minute or absent. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx tubular-campanulate, ca. 7 mm, spreading hispid, glandular puberulent, 10-veined, accessory veins inconspicuous; teeth triangular-lanceolate, 2-3 mm, subequal, apex spinescent; fruiting calyx slightly saccate-dilated. Corolla red to purple, ca. 1.4 cm, sparsely puberulent; tube straight, ± saccate; upper lip straight, oblong, ca. 5 × 3 mm; lower lip spreading, ca. 7 × 6 mm; middle lobe subcircular, emarginate; lateral lobes ovate. Filaments villous below middle. Style nearly exserted. Nutlets dark brown, triquetrous, ovoid, glabrous. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug.
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Source | http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020452 |
Coniferous forests, thickets, alpine meadows; 1700 m.
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | eFloras.org Copyright © Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Source | http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020452 |
Foodplant / feeds on
Datonychus urticae feeds on Stachys sylvatica
Plant / associate
adult of Dicyphus errans is associated with live Stachys sylvatica
Remarks: season: 6-10
Plant / associate
adult of Dicyphus stachydis is associated with live Stachys sylvatica
Foodplant / sap sucker
adult of Eysarcoris venustissimus sucks sap of Stachys sylvatica
Other: major host/prey
Plant / associate
adult of Macrolophus pygmaeus is associated with Stachys sylvatica
Remarks: season: 5-late 7
Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Macrotylus solitarius sucks sap of Stachys sylvatica
Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Meligethes brunnicornis feeds on Stachys sylvatica
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis parasitises live Stachys sylvatica
Plant / resting place / within
puparium of Ophiomyia labiatarum may be found in stem (near a node) of Stachys sylvatica
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora lamii parasitises live Stachys sylvatica
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / parasite
amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph of Ramularia lamii var. lamii parasitises live leaf of Stachys sylvatica
Foodplant / spot causer
epiphyllous, gregarious, brownish-black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria stachydis causes spots on live/fading leaf of Stachys sylvatica
Remarks: season: 6-11
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 13
Specimens with Barcodes: 15
Species With Barcodes: 1
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | NatureServe |
| Source | http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Stachys+sylvatica |
Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | NatureServe |
| Source | http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Stachys+sylvatica |
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stachys sylvatica. |
Stachys sylvatica, commonly known as hedge woundwort,[1] or sometimes as hedge nettle, is a perennial herb growing to 80 cm tall in woodland and unmanaged grassland. In temperate zones of the northern hemisphere it flowers in July and August. The flowers are purple. The leaves, when crushed or bruised, give off an unpleasant fetid smell.[2]
Description[edit]
Hedge woundwort is an erect perennial plant with slender underground runners and grows to a height of about 30 to 100 cm (12 to 39 in). The stem branches occasionally and is squarish and hairy, with glandular hairs on the upper part of the plant. The nodes are widely spaced and the mid-green, stalked leaves are in opposite pairs. The leaf blades are hairy, have a cordate base and are ovate with a blunt tip and with regular large teeth on the margin. The inflorescence forms a dense terminal spike and is composed of dense whorls of purple flowers with white markings. The calyx has five lobes and the corolla forms a two-lipped flower about 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.71 in) long with a fused tube. The upper lip of each flower is convex with dense, glandular hairs and the lower lip is three-lobed, the central lobe being the largest. There are four stamens, two long and two short, the gynoecium has two fused carpels and the fruit is a four-chambered schizocarp. The plant has a slightly unpleasant smell.[3]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Hedge woundwort is native to Europe and central and western Asia. It grows in dappled shade at the edge of woods, in hedgerows and on rough ground.[4]
Uses[edit]
Hedge woundwort is popular with bees.[3] Along with its close relative marsh woundwort, it is used to promote healing of wounds. The famous 17th century herbalist John Gerard was very impressed with its powers and used it extensively.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Anne Pratt, Wild Flowers, London, 1852, pp. 125–126.
- ^ a b "Hedge woundwort: Stachys sylvatica". NatureGate. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
- ^ "Stachys sylvatica". Botanique. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
- ^ McDougal, Kevin. "Hedge Woundwort". 2013 Incredible Edible Todmorden. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ |
| Rights holder/Author | Wikipedia |
| Source | http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stachys_sylvatica&oldid=652759428 |