Stachys ocymastrum(L.) Briq.

Italian hedgenettle

WFO wfo-0000314327 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by João Valença
fig. a João Valença, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-06 / obs. 195436847
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Daniela Costa
fig. b Daniela Costa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190880239
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. c Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189086389
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186108091
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. e Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129358288
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Aissa Djamel Filali
fig. f Aissa Djamel Filali, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 74078760
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36333979
Stachys ocymastrum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36298900

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Stachys ocymastrum is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiPortugalSiciliaSpain Canary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Stachys ocymastrum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 22 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.

  • Galeopsis hirsuta L.
  • Galeopsis hispanica Mill.
  • Sideritis ocymastrum L.
  • Stachys divaricata Viv.
  • Stachys foucauldiana Sennen
  • Stachys hirta L.
  • Stachys hirta var. hirtula (Pomel) Batt.
  • Stachys hirta var. lagascae (Caball.) Sennen & Mauricio
  • Stachys hirta var. virgata Batt.
  • Stachys hirtula Pomel
  • Stachys inscripta Rchb.
  • Stachys lagascae Caball.
  • Stachys marrubiastrum Briq.
  • Stachys ocymastrum f. bicolor Faure & Maire
  • Stachys ocymastrum f. lagascae (Caball.) Guarr.
  • Stachys ocymastrum subsp. bicolor (Faure & Maire) E.Blanco
  • Stachys ocymastrum var. bicolor (Faure & Maire) Maire
  • Stachys ocymastrum var. rifana (Font Quer & Maire) Guarr.
  • Stachys ocymastrum var. violascens Faure & Maire
  • Stachys rifana Font Quer & Maire
  • Stachys rifana var. foucauldiana (Sennen) Font Quer & Sennen
  • Tetrahitum hirtum Hoffmanns. & Link

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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