African Stachys

Stachys aethiopica

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.	Bees Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Shade Sun Ground cover Perennial Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Sun Ground cover Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) vthomson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by vthomson source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matthew Fainman source
• (c) Joseph Heymans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joseph Heymans source
• (c) claired97, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
• (c) Dave U, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Dave U source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) mutsuku, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Nick Helme, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nick Helme source