Stachys sylvatica, SE: Stinksyska, DE: Wald-Ziest,
NL: Bosandoorn, UK: Hedge Woundwort

Scientific name:  Stachys sylvatica L.
Swedish name:  Stinksyska
German name:  Wald-Ziest
Nederlandse naam:  Bosandoorn
English name:  Hedge Woundwort
Family:  Lamiaceae/Labiatae, Deadnettle family, Kransblommiga växter

Sweden Flowers,Stachys sylvatica, SE: Stinksyska, DE: Wald-Ziest, NL: Bosandoorn, UK: Hedge Woundwort

Life form:  Perennial, smelly herb
Stems:  Height 100cm, erect
Leaves:  Opposite, heart-shaped, dentated
Flowers:  Corolla irregular, dark purplish red, with white markings, 4 stamens and a single style; flowers in whorls above a pair of opposite leaves
Flowering Period:  July - August
Fruits:  A four-chambered schizocarp
Habitat:  Forests and groves
Distribution:  Southern and central Sweden

Stachys sylvatica, Stinksyska, Wald-Ziest, Bosandoorn, Hedge Woundwort


Derivation of the botanical name:
Stachys, Greek, a spike, relating to a spike.
sylvatica, growing in woods, forest-loving, wild.
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

Flowers in Sweden, Wildflowers, Nature