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Definition of Stachys sylvatica
1. Noun. Foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Stachys, Stachys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stachys Sylvatica
Literary usage of Stachys sylvatica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"Frey records the larvae, in June, on stachys sylvatica, then, four or six weeks
later, on the seeds of Aquilegia vulgaris. Boll notes the finding of larvae ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1885)
"... hedge-woundwort (stachys sylvatica), wild basil (Cala- mintha clinopodium),
... feeding on the flowers and unripe seeds of stachys sylvatica. ..."
3. The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths by William Buckler (1895)
"Eleven I put when hatched on stachys sylvatica are all doing well at this date.
The larvae are greener than before, some of a pale yellow-green, ..."
4. The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths by William Buckler (1891)
"On the 19th of September, 1876, I received from Mr. WR Jeffrey a small Noctua
larva, which he had found in a folded brown leaf of stachys sylvatica, ..."
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