Stachys albens, also known as whitestem hedgenettle or white hedgenettle, is a Stachys endemic to California. S. albens flowers have a 2-lipped, 5-lobed calyx, which is densely cob-webby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins. 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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Whitestem hedgenettle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Stachys
- Species
- Stachys albens
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