Stachys chamissonis

{{Short description|Plant species in the mint family}}

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| genus = Stachys

| species = chamissonis

| authority = Benth.

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| subdivision_ref = {{cite POWO |id=459414-1 |title=Stachys chamissonis Benth. |access-date=19 August 2024}}

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| Stachys chamissonis var. chamissonis |

| Stachys chamissonis var. cooleyae | (A.Heller) G.A.Mulligan & D.B.Munro

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Stachys chamissonis is a species of flowering plant in the mint family 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 Alaska to central California.{{PLANTS|id=STCH|taxon=Stachys chamissonis|access-date=30 November 2015}} This mint produces an erect stem {{convert|1|to|2+1/2|m|ft|sp=us}}. It is hairy, glandular, and aromatic. The oppositely arranged leaves have pointed, wavy-edged blades up to {{convert|18|cm|in|sp=us}} long which are borne on petioles. The hairy, glandular inflorescence is made up of interrupted clusters of up to six flowers each. The flower has a deep pink tubular corolla which can be over {{convert|3|cm|in|1|sp=us}} long. The corollas are borne in hairy calyces of purple or purple-tinged sepals.{{Jepson eFlora|45346|Stachys chamissonis}}