Stachys ilicifolius

Stachys ilicifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. it is an annual native to Central Asia (Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Xinjiang).^[1][2]

Stachys ilicifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Lamioideae
Genus:	Stachys
Species:	S. ilicifolius
Binomial name
Stachys ilicifolius (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sennikov
Synonyms[1]
Chamaesphacos ilicifolius Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Chamaesphacos longiflorus Bornm. & Sint.

The species was first described as Chamaesphacos ilicifolius in 1841, and placed in the newly-described genus Chamaesphacos.^[1] Phylogenetic studies found that Chamaesphacos was embedded in the large genus Stachys,^[3] and in 2021 Alexander Nikolaevitsch Sennikov placed the species there as Stachys ilicifolius.^[1]