Stachys germanica

#876 They called me Stachys germanica, also known as Stachys nuttallii, Stachys riddellii, and Stachys fuchsii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thomas Nuttall, Riddell (I couldn’t find his records), and Leonhart Fuchs, or Hans Peter Fuchs. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Morocco, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.