''Stachys chamissonis'' is a species of flowering plant in the

mint family The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savor ...

known by the common name coastal hedgenettle. It is a perennial herb native to the west coast of North America, where it grows in moist coastal habitat from

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to central

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. This mint produces an erect stem . It is hairy, glandular, and aromatic. The oppositely arranged leaves have pointed, wavy-edged blades up to long which are borne on petioles. The hairy, glandular

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...

is made up of interrupted clusters of up to six flowers each. The flower has a deep pink tubular corolla which can be over long. The corollas are borne in hairy calyces of purple or purple-tinged

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined ...

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chamissonis Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lamiaceae-stub