Stachys hispida Pursh

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PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Stachvs hispida Pursh
det.: S.R. Hill Dec. 2000 Lamiaceae
ILLINOIS: BROWN COUNTY Cooperstown 7.5 min.
quad., T. 1 S., R. 1 W., SW/4, NE/4 sec. 21. IL Dept, of
Transportation Wetland Mitigation Site (former Wessel
property); S side of La Moine River (Schuyler Co. line),
W of Illinois River levee, N of Big Lake, ca. 4.5 mi E of
Cooperstown. Alluvial level clay-silt (mud) at margin o
excavated trench, S side of artificial levee of La Moine
River.
North margin of disturbed, burned floodplain forest
(Acer negundo, A. saccharinum, Ulmus, Celtis).
Occasional colonial rhizomatous perennial 1 m tall,
flowers lavender-pink, lip with pale and dark lines; bract
tinted purplish towards margins.
Steven R. Hill 32553
D. Busemeyer, J. Koontz
29 June 2000
03115352