Characteristics
Dicots
Stachys floridana Shuttlew. ex Benth.
FLORIDA HEDGENETTLE; FLORIDA BETONY
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This species was once considered endemic to Florida (Small 1933) and it may have recently spread into adjacent states. It is known from Georgia by at least 1945 (Hardy s.n., GA), Alabama by 1950 (Wilson & Orr s.n., TROY, UWAL), and South Carolina by 1956 (Freeman 56171, CM).
Native
FAC (NWPL)
Citation
STACHYS FLORIDANA Shuttleworth ex Bentham, in de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 478. 1848.
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FLORIDA: Leon Co.: Near Tallahassee, May 1843, Rugel s.n. lectotype: K; isolectotypes: BASBG, BM, MIN, MO, NY, USCH, Z). Lectotypified by J. B. Nelson & D. B. Ward, Sida 21: 2123. 2005.