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Stachys tenuifoliaStachys tenuifolia (S. hispida)

hedge nettle

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 1.5-3.5'
Flowers: Jun.-Aug.; white to pink
Fruit: nut/nut-like

Conditions *

Light: Full sun Partial shade Shade
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 5.7-7.4
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy

Habitat

moist wooded bottomland, stream banks, wet meadows and fields

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont *
States:

Wildlife

Beneficial insect *

Notes



 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/2027.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004