Stachys clingmanii
| Clingman's hedgenettle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Stachys |
| Species: | S. clingmanii
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| Binomial name | |
| Stachys clingmanii Small 1903
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Stachys clingmanii, or Clingman's hedgenettle,[1] is a North American species of plant in the mint family. It is found at higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the Carolinas, with additional populations in Illinois, Indiana, and Vermont.[1][2][3] It is a threatened species in Tennessee.[4][5]
Stachys clingmanii is an erect branching herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It blooms in summer, producing flowers up to 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) long.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stachys cligmanii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ University of Tennessee Herbarium
- ^ Tennessee rare plant list
- ^ Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 273, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
- ^ Small, John Kunkel 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 1032, 1337
External links[]
Categories:
- NatureServe imperiled species
- Stachys
- Endemic flora of the United States
- Flora of the Eastern United States
- Endangered flora of the United States
- Plants described in 1903
- Taxa named by John Kunkel Small