Stachys germanica L.
Family: Lamiaceae
German Hedge-Nettle
[Eriostomum polystachyum ]
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Coarse, densely white-woolly biennial 3-10 dm; lvs lanceolate to oblong, 4-10 cm, conspicuously serrate; verticils several, many-fld, the sharp cal-lobes distinctly protruding from the dense pubescence; cor red, 15-20 mm; 2n=30. Native of Europe, rarely intr. in our range. June-Aug.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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