Stachys officinalis

(L.) Franch., 1885 · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Stachys

At a glance

Occurrence records4 955

Data sources1

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources1 archives

Databases and archives Stachys officinalis's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 955 records↗

On this page2 sections

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Traits & measurements2 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 955 records

02Traits & measurements

SourcesLEDATRY

Size & morphology6

Leaf mass99.23 mg

Leaf size3 162 mm²

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 3 162 mm² · LEDA: 1 612 mm²

Plant height0.375 m

⚠ sources differ — LEDA: 0.375 m · TRY: 0.155 m

Plant height generative0.346 m

Seed length2.6 mm

Seed mass1.16 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 1.16 mg · LEDA: 1.37 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewater

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years4 years

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Seed number175

Habitat & environment3

Growth formherb

Mycorrhiza typearbuscular

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry8

Leaf C:N ratio18.02 g/g

Leaf c456 mg/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)207 mg/g

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 207 mg/g · LEDA: 242 mg/g

Leaf n25.46 mg/g

Leaf p3.42 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Seed longevity index0

Specific leaf area (SLA)24.69 mm²/mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 24.69 mm²/mg · LEDA: 18.08 mm²/mg

Other traits1

Diaspore typeunknown

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 955 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 742

Museum / vouchered2 184

Cultivated / captive29

Origin

Native8

Introduced11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO8 364 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 973≤1 km 1 266≤10 km 282>10 km 64

2 585 georeferenced · 157 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 742

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy30% within 1 km

≤100 m 148≤1 km 496≤10 km 1 503>10 km 13

2 160 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 184

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 11

11 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living29

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 18 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record	2 076
Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record	36
Uppsala, SE	12
UGentlocation not on record	6
Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record	5
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	3
Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record	3
Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record	3
Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record	2
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	2
Winterthur, CH	2
Vancouver, CA	1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record	1
EL PASO, US	1
BClocation not on record	1
Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
Jyväskylä, FI	1

18 institutions · 2 157 of 2 184 vouchered records shown · 27 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Stachys officinalis

At a glance

Sources1 archives

Size & morphology6

Life cycle & reproduction6

Habitat & environment3

Physiology & chemistry8

Other traits1

Record type4 955 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 18 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type4 955 records