Stachys atherocalyxK.Koch

WFO wfo-0000313735 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. a Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-28 / obs. 170575573
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Наталья Пикалова
fig. b Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79132134
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. c Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73623170
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. d Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73614121
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. e Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166589601
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. f Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174383753
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Дауд Арсанукаев
fig. g Дауд Арсанукаев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141895306
Stachys atherocalyx, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. h Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139724966

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Stachys atherocalyx is native: Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine IranNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaGreeceKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Stachys atherocalyx, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Stachys acanthodonta Klokov
  • Stachys linearifolia K.Koch
  • Stachys recta subsp. atherocalyx (K.Koch) Stoj. & Stef.
  • Stachys recta var. sideritidoides Boiss.
  • Stachys sideritidoides K.Koch

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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