Stachys annua, called the annual yellow woundwort, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the hedgenettle genus Stachys, native to Europe, the Middle East, and western Siberia, and introduced in Cyprus, eastern North America, and Amur Oblast and Primorsky Krai in far eastern Russia.[2][3] It is a common plant in fields, road verges and waste places.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Stachys |
| Species: | S. annua
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Subspecies
editThe following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]
- Stachys annua subsp. ammophila (Boiss. & Blanche) Sam.
- Stachys annua subsp. annua
- Stachys annua subsp. cilicica (Boiss.) R.Bhattacharjee
References
edit- ^ Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 813 (1763)
- ^ a b c "Stachys annua (L.) L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Stachys annua annual yellow woundwort". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Collins, J. Franklin (1899). "Rhode Island Plant—Notes, — I. Wastes". Rhodora. 1 (3): 46–48. JSTOR 23293063.