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 mexicana |
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) | Mexican hedge-nettle; Mexican hedge nettle; Mexican hedgenettle; Mexican betony; northwestern hedge-nettle; northwestern hedge nettle; Emerson betony |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | rough hedge-nettle, rough hedge nettle, rough hedgenettle, pink hedge-nettle, pink hedge nettle, pink hedgenettle, western hedge nettle, common wood-mint, common wood mint, common woodmint, great betony, swamp hedge-nettle, swamp hedge nettle, swamp hedgenettle, coast hedge-nettle, coast hedge nettle, coast hedgenettle are applied to multiple Stachys taxa; marsh hedge-nettle, marsh hedge nettle, marsh hedgenettle are more commonly applied to Stachys palustris; wood-mint, wood mint, woodmint, base-horehound, base horehound are applied to multiple Lamiaceae taxa; woundwort, betony are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Stachys ajugoides Benth. var. rigida (Benth.) Jeps. & Hoover, in part |
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