Stachys pycnantha

Benth. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Stachys

At a glance

Occurrence records572

Data sources7

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility572 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF572 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 66

01Narrative

Stachys pycnantha is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name shortspike hedgenettle. It is native to California, where it is known from many types of mountain and foothill habitat. This mint produces several stems usually exceeding 60 centimeters in height. It is hairy and glandular and very aromatic. The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades borne on short petioles. The inflorescence is usually a single cluster or interrupted series of a few clusters of flowers, with up to 12 flowers per cluster. The tubular corolla is up to a centimeter long and white to pink in color. It is borne in a hairy calyx of sepals.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Stachys pycnantha has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Stachys pycnantha carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 66 n = 33

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 661×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Mulligan, G. A. & D. B. Munro. 1989. Taxonomy of species of North American Stachys (Labiatae) found north of Mexico. Naturaliste Canad. 116: 35–51.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type572 records

Wild obs. + sensor317

Museum / vouchered255

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO956 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 accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 212≤1 km 22≤10 km 5>10 km 8

247 georeferenced · 70 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor317

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 accuracy58% within 1 km

≤100 m 14≤1 km 79≤10 km 66

159 georeferenced · 96 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence255

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 institutions15 of 21 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
San Luis Obispo, US	45
Santa Barbara, US	36
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	32
Claremont, US	9
US	8
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	8
Los Angeles, US	7
Arcata, US	5
Riverside, US	4
Angwin, US	4
Santa Cruz, US	4
CASlocation not on record	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
Boise, US	1
Ashland, US	1
San Jose, US	1
Columbia, US	1
Denver, US	1
ASUlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
LDlocation not on record	1

21 institutions · 175 of 255 vouchered records shown · 80 without an institution code

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