Stachys albens, also known as whitestem hedgenettle or white hedgenettle, is a Stachys endemic to California.Calflora: Stachys albens S. albens flowers have a 2-lipped, 5-lobed calyx, which is densely cob-webby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins.UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for STACHYS albens The plant is fuzzy all over with opposite, triangular, serrate leaves, a square stem, a layered spike of many small flowers and a minty smell if bruised.
Distribution Stachys albens occurs between 0 (sea level) and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy places in the following plant communities: Foothill oak woodland. Coastal sage scrub. Yellow pine forest. Red fir forest. Lodgepole pine forest. California mixed evergreen forest. Wetland-riparian. Pinyon-juniper woodland - Mojave and Colorado Deserts.
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Jepson Manual treatment: Stachys albens Stachys albens - U.C. Photo gallery