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Stachys tenuifolia

Family
Lamiaceae
Common Name(s)
Hedge nettle
Flowering Time
July to August
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign
Nutlets turn black
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates
Mid September
Notes

Germination and survival excellent if there is not competing vegetation; flowers profusely in second year (Mabry and Mottl, personal observation).

Has moderate seed output and extensively creeping rhizomes, i.e high vegetative spread (Fernald 1950, Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991).

Limited to alluvial woods and other moist open areas (Eilers and Roosa 1994).

Hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia)

Seed Cleaning
None required or separate nutlets from calyx
Storage
Dry
Restoration Potential
Medium