Biology:Stachys aurea
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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. aurea
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Stachys aurea, the golden woundwort, is a species of hedgenettle endemic to South Africa.[2][3]
Description
This species is a freely branched shrub 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in–3 ft 3 in) tall, with spreading to ascending branches that are densely covered in yellowish-white stellate hairs.[4]
The leaves are small, subsessile or borne on short stalks, with thin-textured green blades that are obovate to narrowly elliptic, 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. Both surfaces are sparsely to densely stellate-hairy, sometimes nearly hairless above. The tips are acute to blunt, the bases wedge-shaped, and the margins entire or with a few teeth near the apex.[4]
The flowers are produced at the ends of slender branches in few to several whorls, each bearing four to six flowers. The bracts resemble the leaves and are stellate-hairy. The calyx is densely yellowish and woolly, 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long. The corolla is yellow, with a short tube, an ascending upper lip, and a downward-curving lower lip.[4]
Stachys aurea flowers from September to February.[2][4]
Identification
This species can be distinguished from other Stachys within its range by its green leaves and the yellow-tinged woolly surface of its calyces.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Stachys aurea is found on clay or sandy slopes in the south-western Great Karoo – especially the Tankwa and the Roggeveld Mountains – to Pakhuis and southern Namaqualand.[2][4]
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Stachys aurea". SANBI. https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1683-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region. 1. Pretoria: SANBI. 2012. p. 604. ISBN 9781919976747.
- ↑ 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). https://opus.sanbi.org/items/fc8fbd6d-52b0-4342-b78d-49ff1a7c0d46.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Flora of Southern Africa: The Republic of South Africa, Basutoland, Swaziland and South West Africa. 28. Govt. Printer. 1985. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0621082686.
External links
- SANBI Biodiversity Advisor
Data related to Stachys aurea at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q15367452 entry
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