Stachys floridana

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Species Distribution Map
Family:LAMIACEAE
Species:Stachys floridana Shuttlew. ex Benth.
Common Name:Florida Hedge Nettle; Florida Betony; Chinese Artichoke
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:STFL4
Plant Notes:Florida Betony is a native herbaceous perennial in the Mint family (Lamiaceae). It can be found primarily in southeast Alabama. Florida Betony grows on floodplains, in roadside ditches, in lawns, and in flower beds. It is often a troublesome weed in the landscape. Florida Betony is an herbaceous perennial growing from 1-2 feet in height. It is colonial from thin stolons and deep-set rhizomes. It produces abundant white tubers from 1 inch to 1 meter in length. The tubers are constricted and resemble a rattlesnake rattle. The stems are erect, square in cross section, pubescent or glabrous, and green or purplish in color. The leaves are petiolate, opposite, elliptic to lanceolate in outline, with crenate or serrate margins. The leaf surface is glabrous or sparsely pubescent. The leaf base is cordate or truncate and the apex is rounded. Flowers are produced in a terminal thyrse with 3-9 flowered cymes. Individual flowers are white or pinkish in color and two lipped. The upper lip is hooded and the lower lip is 3-lobed and spotted with purple. The fruit is a nutlet. Florida Betony is a showy species when in flower. It is sometimes available from nurseries, but spreads aggressively and is difficult to control. It is thought to be native to Florida and perhaps the extreme southern portions of Alabama. It has spread widely in the Southeastern United States as a contaminant in nursery stock. The tubers are edible. They are crisp in texture and have a flavor similar to a mild radish.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyLAMIACEAE - Mint family
Genus Stachys
Species Stachys floridana Shuttlew. ex Benth. - Florida Hedge Nettle; Florida Betony; Chinese Artichoke

Citation

Citation Stachys floridana Shuttleworth ex Bentham, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 12: 478. 1848.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: FLORIDA: Leon Co.: Near Tallahassee, May 1843, Rugel s.n. lectotype: K; isolectotypes: BASBG, BM, MIN, MO, NY, USCH, Z). Lectotypified by J. B. Nelson & D.B. Ward, Sida 21: 2123. 2005.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00025408 Houston 21 Apr 1994 Johnson, Phillip S.
28		 UNA
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
AUA000043697 Henry 9 Apr 2015 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
5910		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0017673 Houston 23 Apr 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26179		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0006553 Henry 15 Apr 1950 Wilson
s.n.		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlw.
TROY000040834 Choctaw 16 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6380		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_34592 Covington 13 May 1979 CRAWFORD, LLOYD C.
 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0011825 Choctaw 16 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6380		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_49158 Escambia 23 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4581		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000030792 Henry 15 Apr 1950 Wilson
s.n.		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000006669 Pike 02 May 1997 Evers, Astrid
101		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_57175 Crenshaw 12 May 1996 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10230		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000006668 Dale 20 May 1998 Prazinko, Brian F.
s.n.		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_50694 Crenshaw 4 May 1990 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
6871		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000044887 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4137		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA000043867 Lee 17 Apr 2019 BARGER, T.WAYNE
CSP-616		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0011313 Bullock 22 Mar 2012 Dykes, Bailee
408		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000020901 Barbour 04 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19172		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_67598 Lee 25 Apr 2006 SHERBUNDY, SARAH
24		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0009590 Marengo 08 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1822		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000006665 Crenshaw 30 Apr 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11681		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0044082 Baldwin 19 Mar 2000 West, Chan
640		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlew. ex Benth
UWAL0043772 Baldwin 07 Apr 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1200		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlew. ex Benth
AUA_ACC_11178 Lee 23 Apr 1963 ROGERS, KEN E.
 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000048260 Autauga 03 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1655		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_49166 Pike 5 May 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4649		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0011824 Montgomery 28 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6418		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA000041536 Russell 17 May 2019 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
7696		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UNA00040752 Mobile 09 May 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D84		 UNA
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
TROY000040837 Montgomery 28 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6418		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
JSU128402 Talladega 29 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4068		 JSU
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000006670 Pike 04 Apr 1996 Holmes, Jeanese
155		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
ALNHS00009102 Russell 06 APR 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
UFW-777		 ALNHS
Stachys floridana Shuttlw.
UWAL0050928 Tallapoosa 08 May 1973 Villadsen, Martha
237		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlew
TROY000006662 Butler 11 May 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13159		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0046421 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
734		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_25998 Baldwin 19 Apr 1970 KRAL, ROBERT
38799		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000047385 Autauga 11 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
574		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0006554 Houston 07 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96230		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
TROY000044853 Geneva 23 Mar 2017 Byrd, Cameron
889		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UNA00064452 Dale 06 Apr 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15062		 UNA
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
TROY000006666 Dale 10 Mar 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
417		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UNA00040753 Mobile 10 Apr 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D370		 UNA
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
TROY000020903 Houston 07 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96230		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_64529 Dale 6 Apr 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15062		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
JSU128399 Lee 11 Apr 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000032379 Bullock 21 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21938		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0046387 Autauga 03 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1655		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_67644 Lee 17 Apr 2007 SMITHERMAN, JOSH
07-33		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000048721 Autauga 11 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
574		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0006552 Henry 07 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96243		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlw.
TROY000042048 Houston 23 Apr 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26179		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UNA00025441 Tuscaloosa 10 Apr 1994 Kortright, Maria
102		 UNA
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
UWAL0005653 Bullock 21 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21938		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_52166 Crenshaw 22 Apr 1992 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
8158		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
TROY000020902 Henry 07 May 2005 Kral, Robert
96243		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_49085 Covington 6 May 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4675		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
JSU128401 Randolph 15 May 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
3814		 JSU
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000035049 Bullock 22 Mar 2012 Dykes, Bailee
408		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000006667 Dale 06 Apr 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15062		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_21435 Macon 16 May 1970 BENIWAL, S.P.
156		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0056861 Coffee 12 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11132		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth ex Betham
AUA_ACC_21437 Lee 15 May 1970 WOOD, KERRY
125		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
ALNHS00000734 Mobile 04 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#267		 ALNHS
Stachys floridana Shuttlw.
USAM000007912 Mobile 11 Apr 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11045		 USAM
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000027707 Montgomery 10 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20683		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
USAM000007911 Mobile 12 May 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3163		 USAM
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0047636 Houston 20 May 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-263		 UWAL
Shuttlw. ex Benth.
AUA_ACC_47371 Tallapoosa 8 May 1973 PONDER, WILLIAM
217		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
ALNHS00001392 Mobile 20 Mar 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#722		 ALNHS
Stachys floridana Shuttlw.
TROY000020899 Geneva 03 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18837		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0006555 Tuscaloosa 28 Apr 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12429		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
UWAL0038489 Mobile 18 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3570		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
TROY000006663 Coffee 21 Apr 2000 Martin, Brian H.
600		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_4178 Lee 4 Apr 1956 FUNDERBURK, JR., H.H.
 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
JSU128400 Mobile 28 Mar 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1216		 JSU
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000006604 Escambia 29 Apr 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
95		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000048670 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
734		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0012805 Mobile 04 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
267		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_48881 Mobile 13 May 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4749		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
ALNHS00005633 Mobile 21 Mar 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3625		 ALNHS
Stachys floridana Shuttlw.
TROY000035760 Marengo 08 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1822		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000006664 Crenshaw 05 May 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13123		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UNA00040754 Tuscaloosa _ May 1977 Adrian, Al
2		 UNA
Stachys floridana Shuttlw. ex Benth.
AUA_ACC_4179 Henry 15 Apr 1950 WILSON & ORR
 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
UWAL0056608 Escambia 16 Apr 2019 England, Kevin J.
10120		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
TROY000020900 Houston 10 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18891		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
SAMF0006867 Mobile 13 Apr 2019 Hatcher, Joy
28		 SAMF
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth ex Bentham
TROY000021131 Tuscaloosa 28 Apr 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12429		 TROY
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
UWAL0013433 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4137		 UWAL
Stachys floridana Shuttleworth
AUA_ACC_52279 Dale 15 Apr 1992 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
8098		 AUA
STACHYS FLORIDANA SHUTTLEW. EX BENTH.
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