Annual hedge nettle, field hedge nettle, staggerweed,
Hebrew: אשבל השדה, Arabic: البطنج البري
| Scientific name: | Stachys arvensis (L.) L. | |
| Synonym name: | Glechoma arvensis L. | |
| Common name: | Annual hedge nettle, field hedge nettle, staggerweed | |
| Hebrew name: | אשבל השדה | |
| Arabic name: | البطنج البري | |
| Plant Family: | Labiatae / Lamiaceae, שפתניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | To 25 cm high; at first erect but drooping with age with the tips bent upwards, weak, soft, branching; squared in cross-section; rough hairs | |
| Leaves: | Opposite, entire, dentate or serrate, no stipule | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite, white, corolla white or pale pink | |
| Fruits / pods: | Nutlets brown, ovoid, ca. 1.5 mm | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Euro-Siberian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Stachys, Greek, a spike, relating to a spike. arvensis, arvum, field, cultivated land, plowed land; of cultvated fields. Glechoma from the Greek γληχων glechon, an old name for mint or thyme. The Hebrew name: אשבל, eshbol, a blend of אשכול, eshkol (=cluster), and שבולת, shibolet (=ear of corn).
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