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White Hedge Nettle
( Stachys albens )
Stachys albens
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About White Hedge Nettle (Stachys albens)
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White Hedge Nettle,
Stachys albens
, is a mint endemic to California. The plant is fuzzy all over, with opposite, triangular, serrate leaves, a square stem, and a fragrant minty smell if bruised. It produces a layered spike of many small white to cream colored flowers with purplish veins. Each flower has a 2-lipped and 5-lobed calyx which is densely cobwebby.
Stachys albens
occurs between sea level (0 ft.) and 9000 ft. (2740 m) in nature. It is found in moist to wet riparian, bog, seep, and swamp habitats within the following plant communities: Central, Foothill, and Southern Oak Woodland; Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub;, Valley Grassland; Wetland-Riparian; Yellow Pine Forest; Red Fir Forest; Lodgepole Pine Forest; California Mixed Evergreen Forest; and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland (Mojave and Colorado Deserts).
White Hedge Nettle is very easy to grow in sun (coast-high elevations) to part sun (coast-inland) in regularly watered landscape areas. It is a winter deciduous/dormant perennial plant, and in dryer gardens it may go partially or fully summer dormant/deciduous also. It spreads by rhizomes to the edge of moisture, and in consistently moist garden conditions can become invasive.
Stachys albens
is a larval host for the Variable Checkerspot. Butterfly.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
1.5 - 4 ft tall
1.5 - 6 ft wide
Form
Mounding, Spreading
Growth Rate
Fast
Dormancy
Winter Deciduous
Flower Color
White
Wildlife Supported
Variable Checkerspot Butterfly (larval host), other butterflies/moths, Hummingbirds, native bees and bumblebees, and other pollinators
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 12
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Euphydryas chalcedona
*
Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia
Euptoieta claudia
*
Bilobed Looper Moth
Megalographa biloba
Megalographa biloba
*
Corn Earworm Moth
Helicoverpa zea
Helicoverpa zea
*
Garden Tortrix Moth
Clepsis peritana
Clepsis peritana
*
Verbena Bud Moth
Endothenia hebesana
Endothenia hebesana
*
Garden Tiger Moth
Arctia caja
Arctia caja
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Moderate - High
Nurseries
Carried by 8
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Tolerant of a variety of garden soils as long as sufficient moisture is available. Soil PH: 5 - 7.8
Common uses
Hummingbird Gardens, Bird Gardens, Bee Gardens
Sunset Zones
?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24
Natural Setting
Site Type
Moist places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.8" - 71.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.15" - 2.73", Coldest Month: 24.6" - 56.4", Hottest Month: 46.6" - 83.6", Humidity: 0.33" - 37.33", Elevation: -13" - 11629"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Cobwebby Hedge-nettle, White Hedgenettle, Whitestem Hedgenettle, Woolly White Hedge Nettle
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Stachys albens
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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