Hedge-nettle
Stachys palustris L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- 41 cm
Lamiaceae
Also called Marsh hedgenettle, Marsh woundwort, Marsh Woundwort, Clown's all-heal
Formerly Stachys aquatica, Stachys austriaca, Stachys maeotica, Stachys segetum, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Siberia and W. HimalayaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 41 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: light, water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 望江青, 沼生水苏
- Spanish
- ortiga hedionda, betónica palustre, hortiga muerta de hojas estrechas
- Bulgarian
- блатен ранилист
- Czech
- čistec bahenní
- Welsh
- Briwlys y gors
- Danish
- Kær-Galtetand
- German
- Stachys sylvestris, Sumpf-Ziest, Sumpfziest
- Estonian
- Soo-nõianõges
- Finnish
- peltopähkämö
- French
- epiaire des marais, Epiaire des marais, Epiaire des Marais
- Croatian
- Močvarni čistac
- Upper Sorbian
- Włóžna přeslička
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Stachys palustris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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