Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Stachys bullata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | mint; mints; peppermint; dead-nettle; dead nettle; deadnettle; lavender; labiatae |
| Genus common name(s) | stachys; hedge-nettle; hedge nettle; hedgenettle; wood-mint; wood mint |
| Species common name(s) | California hedge-nettle; California hedge nettle; California hedgenettle; California wood mint; southern hedge-nettle; southern hedge nettle; southern wood-mint; blistered-leaved hedge-nettle; blistered-leaved hedge nettle |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western hedge nettle, pink hedge-nettle, pink hedge nettle, pink hedgenettle, common wood-mint, common wood mint, common woodmint, puffnettle betony are applied to multiple Stachys taxa; wood-mint, wood mint, woodmint, base-horehound, base horehound are applied to multiple Lamiaceae taxa; betony, grandmother are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stachys californica Benth. |
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