Lamiaceae
Stachys

Stachys hildebrandtii Vatke

First published in Linnaea 43: 95 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to Tanzania. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type
N2, “Meid” region, Mt “Serrut”, Hildebrandt 1426 (K iso.).
Morphology General Habit
Shrublet or shrub, 0.5–2 m tall, densely greyish tomentose with dendroid hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves shortly petiolate; pedicels up to 1 mm long; blade elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, up to 30–90 × 15–35 mm, more densely pubescent below, apex acute to obtuse, base subtruncate, rounded or cuneate, margin crenate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence dense or rather lax; cymes (1–)2–5-flowered; pedicels 0–1 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Fruiting calyx
Fruiting calyx 6–10 mm long; lobes subequal, 2–4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purple or mauve; tube 6–8 mm long; upper lip entire, 3.5–5 mm long; lower lip 6–8 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets ovoid, 1.9–2.7 × 1.6–2.4 mm, brown.
Distribution
N1, 2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 1500–2100 m.
Note
The Ethiopian and East African material known as S. hildebrandtii has been moved to a separate species, S. argillicola Sebsebe.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0