Stachys byzantina K.Koch

sect. Eriostomum subsect. Creticae
Common Name: Lamb's Ear
Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.
Synonym(s): Stachys lanata Jacq.

Country of Origin: Krym, N. Turkey to N. Iran

Description: Lamb's-ear plants are perennial herbs densely covered with gray or silver-white, silky-lanate hairs. They are named lamb's ears because of the leaves curved shape and white, soft, fur-like hair coating. Specific epithet means of classical Byzantium (Istanbul, Turkey).³

USDA Zone: 4-8

Accession Data:

Accession # 199200340
Source: Unknown
Accession Date: 12-31-1992
Bench: 2101 - MED:Mediterranean A
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-23-2025

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Lamiales
SubOrder:
Family: Lamiaceae
SubFamily: Lamioideae
Tribe: Stachydeae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

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References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Turkey-in-Europe / Krym / Transcaucasus / Iran / Turkey /

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
Stachys byzantina at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.
ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Wednesday, 25 September, 2019.

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