Single Record

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, Russell Lakes
Other Localities
Del Norte
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.