7281.000 Stachys L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Leaves entire or toothed. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary spike or raceme; flowers in 2-many-flowered whorls; bracts leaf-like or reduced; bracteoles usually present. Calyx subequally 5-toothed (or rarely ± 2-lipped), 5-10-nerved. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip erect or ascending, usually concave or arched, entire or very shortly emarginate, usually shorter than the lower lip; lower lip spreading or reflexed, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip; style 2-fid.

Worldwide: 300 species in temperate and warm regions of the world and on tropical mountains

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aethiopica L.	E	Description, Image
natalensis Hochst. var. natalensis	E	Description, Image
pseudonigricans Gürke	N,C	Description, Image
spathulata Burch. ex Benth.	W,S

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Flora of Botswana: Stachys
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Flora of Malawi: Stachys
Flora of Mozambique: Stachys
Flora of Zambia: Stachys
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Stachys

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