Stachys albens

Stachys albens, also known as whitestem hedgenettle^[1] or white hedgenettle, is a mint endemic to California.^[2] S. albens flowers have a 2-lipped, 5-lobed calyx, which is densely cob-webby and white to pinkish in color with purplish veins.^[3][4] The plant is fuzzy all over with opposite, triangular, serrate leaves, a square stem, a layered spike of many small flowers and a minty smell if bruised.^[5]

Stachys albens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Stachys
Species:	S. albens
Binomial name
Stachys albens A.Gray

Distribution

Stachys albens occurs between 0 (sea level) and 9000 feet, in wet, swampy to seepy^[3] places in the following plant communities:^[2]

• Foothill oak woodland.
• Coastal sage scrub.
• Yellow pine forest.
• Red fir forest.
• Lodgepole pine forest.
• California mixed evergreen forest.
• Wetland-riparian.
• Pinyon-juniper woodland - Mojave and Colorado Deserts.