Stachys arvensis (L.) L.
staggerweed
Hairy, non-aromatic annual with stem to c. 50 cm tall, often much less. Petioles often > lamina in basal lvs, very short in upper lvs. Lamina of basal and upper lvs 1-4 × 0.7-2.5 cm, oblong, ovate or suborbicular, evenly crenate; base truncate to cordate; apex rounded. Bracts sessile, otherwise similar to uppermost foliage lvs. Calyx c. 5 mm long, hairy; teeth ± = tube, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 6-7 mm long, pink, somewhat hairy outside; tube = or slightly < calyx; upper lip small, not hooded, < lower lip. Nutlets 1.5-2 mm long, broad-obovoid, bluntly angled, often with blackish, irregular tubercles.
N.; S.: common to abundant throughout, including offshore islands; K.: Raoul.
Europe 1867
A weed of gardens, fields, waste places, roadsides, and river beds.
FL Jan-Dec.
Poisonous (Connor 1977).
In very dry stony places such as river beds plants often do not exceed a few cms in height.
