Common name
English: Hairy Woundwort
German: Basilikum-Ziest
English: Hairy Woundwort
German: Basilikum-Ziest
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Lamiales (171)
Family: Lamiaceae (93)(family description)
Genus: Stachys (5)
Epithet: ocymastrum (L.) Brig. (1)
Synonym: Stachys hirta L.
hirta => with short or fairly stiff hairs, hairy but shorter than hirsute
ocymastrum => to a certain degree resembling basil
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white