Noun: hedge nettle
- Perennial herb with an odourless rhizome widespread in moist places in Northern Hemisphere
"Hedge nettle flourished in the damp soil";
- Stachys palustris
- Foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
"Hedge nettle spread rapidly through the untended garden";
- dead nettle, Stachys sylvatica
Derived forms: hedge nettles
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Stachys, Stachys
Encyclopedia: Hedge nettle