Stachys zeyheri
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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. zeyheri
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Stachys zeyheri, the twiggy woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa.[2][3][4]
Description
This species is a small, twiggy shrub reaching up to around 1 m (3.3 ft). Young branchlets are densely covered in white, star-shaped hairs, becoming smoother and reddish brown with age.[2]
The leaves are very small and borne on short stalks. The blades are thick, ovate to broadly ovate, 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long, and densely covered with short white hairs on both surfaces. They have a rounded tip, a blunt to slightly squared base, and finely scalloped margins.[2]
The flowers are arranged in a few small whorls of two flowers each, set among the terminal leaves of short shoots. The calyx is densely hairy. The corolla is pink; it has a short tube and two lips, the lower lip slightly longer than the upper.[2]
Stachys zeyheri flowers from August to January.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Stachys zeyheri grows in arid conditions on rocky slopes at elevations of 500–850 m (1,640–2,790 ft) between southern Bushmanland and the northernmost Kouebokkeveld Mountains.[3][2]
Etymology
The species epithet honours Karl Zeyher (1799–1858), a German botanical and entomological collector active in the Cape Colony from 1822 until his death during the local smallpox epidemic of 1858. He collected the species' type specimen north of Loeriesfontein.[5]
Notes
- ^ "Stachys zeyheri". Red List of South African Plants. SANBI. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ^ a b c d e Codd, L. E. W.; Dyer, R. A.; Rycroft, H. B.; de Winter, B. (1985). Flora of Southern Africa: The Republic of South Africa, Basutoland, Swaziland and South West Africa. Vol. 28. Govt. Printer. p. 73. ISBN 0-621-08268-6.
- ^ a b c Snijman, D.A., ed. (2013). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region. Vol. 2. Pretoria: SANBI. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-919976-77-8.
- ^ Klopper, R.R. & Winter, P.J.D., ed. (20 March 2025). "The South African National Plant Checklist: 2025 official yearly release". South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved 7 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ "Zeyher, Mr Carl Ludwig Philipp (botany)". S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science. Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
See also
External links
- SANBI Biodiversity Advisor
Media related to Stachys zeyheri at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Stachys zeyheri at Wikispecies