Stachys clingmanii explained

Stachys clingmanii, or Clingman's hedgenettle, is a North American species of plant in the mint family. It is found at higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the Carolinas, with additional populations in Illinois, Indiana, and Vermont.^{[1] [2]} It is a threatened species in Tennessee.^{[3] [4]}

Stachys clingmanii is an erect branching herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It blooms in summer, producing flowers up to 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) long.^[5]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in North Carolina in 1891

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Stachys%20clingmanii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
2. http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Lamiaceae&GenusID=Stachys&SpeciesID=clingmanii- University of Tennessee Herbarium
3. http://www.state.tn.us/environment/na/pdf/plant_list.pdf Tennessee rare plant list
4. Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 273,
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/377919#page/1042/mode/1up Small, John Kunkel 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 1032, 1337