Texas
Wildbuds

Stachys crenata

(Mouse’s Ear)

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Stachys crenata, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4795

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Stachys crenata, Mayfield Park, Austin, Travis Co. 2052

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Stachys crenata, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4643

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Stachys crenata, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8162

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Stachys crenata, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8172

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Stachys crenata, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4643

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Stachys crenata, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4810

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Stachys crenata, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8606

Scientific Name Stachys crenata USDA PLANTS Symbol STCR7
Common Name Mouse's Ear, Shade Betony ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 505351
Family Lamiaceae (Mint) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Rocky, gravelly soils in shaded areas in woodlands and ravines.
Plant: Erect or decumbent, pubescent-hairy annual 12 inches tall, stems branched at base.
Leaves: Ovate to elliptic leaves about 1-1/2 inch inch long with crenate edges; somewhat hairy; lower blades on petioles about the same length as leaves, smaller upper leaves sessile and becoming leafy bracts below blossoms.
Inflorescence: Clusters of a few small, light pink to light lavender blossoms, 1/4 to 1/2-inch long radiating perpendicular around stem in whorls from leaf axils; corolla with two lips, lower lip much larger and with rounded lobes.
Bloom Period: February to May.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon and SEINet.
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Texas Status:
Native

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