Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis. subsp. officinalis

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Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Stachys// Species: Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis.// Subspecies: Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevis. subsp. officinalis.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1972), Diklić in Josifović (1974) and Matevski in Matevski (2021).

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Caucasus, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal – Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Betonica officinalis L.).

Habitat: Grasslands in the montane region.

Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.

Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – habit. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – habit. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – habit. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – habit. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – habit. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – flowers. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – flowers. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – flowers and bracts. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – flowers, bracts and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – bracts and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – persistent rosettes of leaves and axillary flowering stems. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – persistent rosettes of leaves and axillary flowering stems. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – stem. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – basal leaves and lower part of axillary flowering stem. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – basalleaves leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – basal leaves. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis subsp. officinalis – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo –  region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – lower vertcillaster – flowers and bracts. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – lower verticillaster – flowers, bracts and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – stem with cauline leaves and lower verticillaster. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Stachys officinalis – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Betonica officinalis L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445133-1 [Accessed 16.07.2022].

Rod Stachys L. Diklić, N. in Josifović, M. (1974). Flora SR Srbije VI. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 409 – 432.

Stachys L. (incl. Betonica L). Ball, P.W. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 151 – 157.

Stachys L. Matevski, V. in Matevski, V. The Flora of the RN Macedonia Vol II, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 270 – 301.

Last update: 03.01.2024.

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