Plants › Mint Family

prairie woundwort

Stachys pilosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 17, February 16, March 25, April 54, May 107, June 93, July 293, August 99, September 40, October 29, November 17, December 16.
Canada2,154
United States1,947
Alberta733
Alaska567
Nunavut517
Ontario435
Minnesota322
Saskatchewan291
British Columbia242
Colorado124

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusHedgenettles · Stachys

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise prairie woundwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.