Participant Info

Species

Stachys pilosa [Stachys palustris] [Stachys scopulorum]

Family

Lamiaceae

CommonName

hairy hedgenettle

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Rito Hondo Reservoir, Road Canyon, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, ditch by Hwy 160 between Del Norte and South Fork 7 May 2016

Comments

In the Watershed, hairy hedgenettle has been recorded often in the Basin and on up into the lower montane. It is typically found in mesic habitats, often ruderal such as wet cultivated meadows, seeps, road sides, irrigation ditches, etc. The latest observation is of a plant growing in stabilized sand of the Great Sand Dunes NPP (2023, iNaturalist #173138237). Stachys pilosa is the most wide spread hedgenettle in the USA, growing everywhere except below the Mason-Dixon line and in Texas. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but not farther downstream.

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