Taxon: Stachys arvensis (L.) L.

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Common names:

• corn woundwort   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• field stachys   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• field woundwort   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• hedge-nettle   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• staggerweed   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• wild mint   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• épiaire des champs   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• Acker-Ziest   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• hortelã-das-roças   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• åkersyska   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968)
  

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View toxicology references for Stachys arvensis from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Israel; Lebanon; Syria [w.]; Turkey [w.]
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Netherlands; Poland [w.]; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Former Yugoslavia [w.]; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• widely naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flora of southern Africa.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Stachys arvensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Stachys arvensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Stachys arvensis.

Check other web resources for Stachys arvensis (L.) L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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