Stachys annua, also known as annual yellow woundwort, is a widespread plant found in Europe, the Middle East, and western Siberia. It has also been introduced in Cyprus, eastern North America, and parts of Russia. This plant is commonly found in fields, road verges, and waste areas. There are three accepted subspecies of Stachys annua, including ammophila, annua, and cilicica.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Olisia annua	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 17: 136 (1869)
Prasium stachydium	E.H.L.Krause	Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 11: 115 (1903)
Sideritis trinervia	Gilib.	Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 81 (1782)
Stachys betonica	Crantz	Stirp. Austr. Fasc. , ed. 2, 2: 264 (1769)
Betonica annua	L.	Sp. Pl. : 578 (1753)
Stachys annua var. maxima	K.Koch	Linnaea 17: 299. 1844
Betonica annua var. glabra	L.	Sp. Pl. 573. 1753
Betonica annua var. hirsuta	L.	Sp. Pl. 574. 1753
Stachys neglecta	Klok. ex Kossko

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	annual woundwort
English	annual yellow woundwort
English	annual hedgenettle
Spanish	betónica anual
Spanish	herba vellosa
Spanish	hierba vellosa
Belarusian	Чысцік аднагадовы
Bulgarian	едногодишен ранилист
Czech	čistec roční
Welsh	briwlys unflwydd
German	einjähriger ziest
Estonian	üheaastane nõianõges
Finnish	keltapähkämö
French	epiaire annuelle
Upper Sorbian	lěćna přeslička
Hungarian	egynyári tisztesfű
Armenian	աբեղախոտ միամյա
Macedonian	едногодишен чистец
Macedonian	Едногодишен чистец
Dutch	zomerandoorn
Polish	czyściec roczny
Russian	Чистец однолетний
Swedish	gulsyska

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Stachys annua subsp. ammophila	(Boiss. & Blanche) Sam.	Ark. Bot. , a.s., 5: 376 (1960)
Stachys annua subsp. annua		Unknown
Stachys annua subsp. cilicica	(Boiss.) R.Bhattacharjee	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 289 (1974)

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Stachys annua var. lycaonica	R.Bhattacharjee	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 289 (1974)

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- Russian Far East
  - Amur
  - Primorye
- Siberia
  - Altay
  - Krasnoyarsk
  - Tuva
  - West Siberia
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus
  - Iran
  - Iraq
  - Lebanon-Syria
  - Turkey

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - Krym
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Great Britain
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Romania
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - France
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Kansas
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Maine
  - Massachusetts
  - New Jersey
  - New York
  - Pennsylvania
  - Rhode Island
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Virginia

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000313685
Canadensys	6460
USDA Plants	STAN
Tropicos	17600674
INPN	124741
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459300-1
The Plant List	kew-194778
Open Tree Of Life	3882729
Observations.org	7513
NCBI Taxonomy	1391948
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000004229
Nature Serve	2.153218
IPNI	459300-1
iNaturalist	169308
GBIF	2927235
EPPO	STAAN
EOL	579666
Elurikkus	7453
USDA GRIN	316844
Wikipedia	Stachys_annua

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Enhanced Natural Strength: Lamiaceae Essential Oils and Nanotechnology in In Vitro and In Vivo Medical Research

Kowalczyk T, Merecz-Sadowska A, Ghorbanpour M, Szemraj J, Piekarski J, Bijak M, Śliwiński T, Zajdel R, Sitarek P

Int J Mol Sci

17-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10607815
doi:	10.3390/ijms242015279
PMID:	37894959

Antioxidative, Antibacterial and Antiproliferative Properties of Honey Types from the Western Balkans

Sakač M, Jovanov P, Marić A, Četojević-Simin D, Novaković A, Plavšić D, Škrobot D, Kovač R

Antioxidants (Basel)

06-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9219755
doi:	10.3390/antiox11061120
PMID:	35740017

Crumbotti and rose petals in a ghost mountain valley: foraging, landscape, and their transformations in the upper Borbera Valley, NW Italy

Fontefrancesco MF, Zocchi DM, Cevasco R, Dossche R, Abidullah S, Pieroni A

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

01-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9159047
doi:	10.1186/s13002-022-00535-7
PMID:	35650623

Determination of Anti-Alzheimer’s Disease Activity of Selected Plant Ingredients

Tuzimski T, Petruczynik A

Molecules

18-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9147832
doi:	10.3390/molecules27103222
PMID:	35630702

Histochemical and Phytochemical Analysis of Lamium album subsp. album L. Corolla: Essential Oil, Triterpenes, and Iridoids

Konarska A, Weryszko-Chmielewska E, Matysik-Woźniak A, Sulborska A, Polak B, Dmitruk M, Piotrowska-Weryszko K, Stefańczyk B, Rejdak R

Molecules

08-Jul-2021

PMCID:	PMC8306815
doi:	10.3390/molecules26144166
PMID:	34299441

Micromorphological and phytochemical survey of Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth

Giuliani C, Bottoni M, Ascrizzi R, Milani F, Falsini S, Papini A, Flamini G, Fico G

Plant Biol (Stuttg)

14-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8252575
doi:	10.1111/plb.13254
PMID:	33742746

An In Vitro Evaluation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Medical Plants from the Lamiaceae Family as Effective Sources of Active Compounds against Human Cancer Cell Lines

Sitarek P, Merecz-Sadowska A, Śliwiński T, Zajdel R, Kowalczyk T

Cancers (Basel)

13-Oct-2020

PMCID:	PMC7601952
doi:	10.3390/cancers12102957
PMID:	33066157

Potential anti-influenza effective plants used in Turkish folk medicine: A review

Sargin SA

J Ethnopharmacol

31-Aug-2020

PMCID:	PMC7458060
doi:	10.1016/j.jep.2020.113319
PMID:	32882361

Which Traits Make Weeds More Successful in Maize Crops? Insights from a Three-Decade Monitoring in France

Fried G, Chauvel B, Munoz F, Reboud X

Plants (Basel)

25-Dec-2019

PMCID:	PMC7020207
doi:	10.3390/plants9010040
PMID:	31881706

Ethnobotanical uses in the Ancona district (Marche region, Central Italy)

Lucchetti L, Zitti S, Taffetani F

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

05-Feb-2019

PMCID:	PMC6364442
doi:	10.1186/s13002-019-0288-1
PMID:	30722788

Tracking leading anti-Candida compounds in plant samples; Plumbago europaea

Sobhani M, Abbas-Mohammadi M, Ebrahimi SN, Aliahmadi A

Iran J Microbiol

01-Jun-2018

PMCID:	PMC6087695
PMID:	30112157

Dynamics of herbaceous vegetation during four years of experimental coppice introduction

Hédl R, Šipoš J, Chudomelová M, Utinek D

01-Mar-2017

PMCID:	PMC6136643
doi:	10.1007/s12224-016-9281-9
PMID:	30220841

Phytochemical Analysis, Biological Activity, and Secretory Structures of Stachys annua (L.) L. subsp. annua (Lamiaceae) from Central Italy.

Venditti A, Bianco A, Quassinti L, Bramucci M, Lupidi G, Damiano S, Papa F, Vittori S, Maleci Bini L, Giuliani C, Lucarini D, Maggi F

Chem Biodivers

01-Aug-2015

doi:	10.1002/CBDV.201400275
PMID:	26265569

The impact of agricultural intensification and land-use change on the European arable flora

Storkey J, Meyer S, Still KS, Leuschner C

Proc Biol Sci

12-Oct-2011

PMCID:	PMC3282365
doi:	10.1098/rspb.2011.1686
PMID:	21993499

Sensory Evaluation of Pralines Containing Different Honey Products

Popov-Raljić JV, Laličić-Petronijević JG, Georgijev AS, Popov VS, Mladenović MA

Sensors (Basel)

26-Aug-2010

PMCID:	PMC3231204
doi:	10.3390/s100907913
PMID:	22163633

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Colensane and clerodane diterpenoids
(2S,4S,4aS,6R,7S,8R,8aS)-8-[(3S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a-octahydronaphthalene-2,6-diol	163068921	Click to see CC1CC(CC2C1(CC(C(C2(C)CCC(C)(C=C)O)C)O)C)O	324.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563916
[(2R,3R,4S,4aS,8aR)-4-[(3S)-3-acetyloxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-3,4,8,8a-tetramethyl-6-oxo-2,3,4a,5-tetrahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-yl] acetate	163061983	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC(=O)C)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)OC(=O)C	404.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564907
[(2R,3R,4S,4aS,8aR)-4-[(3S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-3,4,8,8a-tetramethyl-6-oxo-2,3,4a,5-tetrahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-yl] acetate	163017827	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)O)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)OC(=O)C	362.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564907
[(3S)-5-[(1S,2R,3R,4aR,8aS)-3-hydroxy-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-7-oxo-3,4,8,8a-tetrahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpent-1-en-3-yl] acetate	162934689	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC(=O)C)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)O	362.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564907
6-(Acetyloxy)-4a,5,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-8-(3-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-pentenyl)-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-2(1H)-naphthalenone	3084083	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)O)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)OC(=O)C	362.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564907
6-(Acetyloxy)-8-(3-(acetyloxy)-3-methyl-4-pentenyl)-4a,5,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-2(1H)-naphthalenone	3084084	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC(=O)C)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)OC(=O)C	404.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564907
6-hydroxy-8-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl)-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8a-tetrahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-one	3815687	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)O)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)O	320.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563888
8-(3-(Acetyloxy)-3-methyl-4-pentenyl)-4a,5,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-6-hydroxy-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-2(1H)-naphthalenone	3084085	Click to see CC1C(CC2(C(C1(C)CCC(C)(C=C)OC(=O)C)CC(=O)C=C2C)C)O	362.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564907
8-(3-Hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl)-4,4a,7,8-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a-octahydronaphthalene-2,6-diol	163068920	Click to see CC1CC(CC2C1(CC(C(C2(C)CCC(C)(C=C)O)C)O)C)O	324.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563916
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids / 5,10-cycloaromadendrane sesquiterpenoids
(7aR)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol	5321422	Click to see CC1(C2C1C3C(CCC3(C)O)C(=C)CC2)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CBDV.201400275
Spathulenol	92231	Click to see CC1(C2C1C3C(CCC3(C)O)C(=C)CC2)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/CBDV.201400275
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	86821	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563888
24-Ethylcholest-5-en-3beta-ol	22012	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00563888
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
Baicalein	5281605	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)O)O	270.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564315
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one	102148715	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568407
7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one	59991314	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)O	624.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568407
7-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one	13917532	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568407
7-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one	14802391	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)O	624.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568407
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 4-O-methylated flavonoids
Scutellarein 4'-methyl ether	11174076	Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)O)O	300.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00569018

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Stachys annua

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Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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