Common name
English: Hairy Woundwort
German: Basilikum-Ziest
English: Hairy Woundwort
German: Basilikum-Ziest
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(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