{"assessment":{"band":"Strong","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Stachys hyssopifolia"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Virginia range; association and range overlap, not confirmed local feeding.","specialists":"Eastern North America","structure":"USDA species growth habit where matched; otherwise sourced atlas growth habit"},"factors":{"applied_insect_credit":0,"baseline_score":59,"composite":0.716,"insect_support":{"credit":0,"groups":{"ants":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Ants","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"beetles":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Beetles","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"flies":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Flies","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"moths_butterflies":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Adult butterflies / moths","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"other_hymenoptera":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Other wasps","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"other_insects":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Other insects","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"}},"interpretation":"One provisional point per additional documented insect group, capped at five. Flower visits are a resource-use proxy, not confirmed feeding or pollination. Missing evidence is unknown. Study volume and repeated records earn no extra credit.","maximum_credit":5,"version":"insect-support-1"},"pct":{"bees":0.8746898263027295,"birds":0.7481389578163772,"caterpillars":0.7816377171215881,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.622,"raw":{"bees":16,"birds":2,"caterpillars":10,"genus_used":null,"specialists":0,"structure":["Forb/herb"]}},"fit_score":null,"native_basis":"native_supported","rarity_adjustment":0,"rarity_policy":"Conservation status is displayed separately and never changes ecological scores, including when unranked.","reason":"Calculated with the shared rules using Virginia host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Virginia percentile","score":59,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"SNR"},"source_ids":["lep_va","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"broad_range_note":{"review_status":"source_recorded","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","text":"Selected source categories span deep shade to full sun; broad tolerance is source-recorded, not independently verified."},"evidence_id":"fact:ee2edc59159661c669114712d89fd44496e67e3b1d8664dca6f559a9f6fcc6c8","levels":[0,1,2,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_light_categories","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:23b8fe9a419fe6d280484bffec275f361292aa17e72bf027bb05bda5eaf04599","levels":[3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[3,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":["Forb/herb"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["51003","51007","51015","51036","51073","51127","51137","51139","51165","51171","51187","51193","51199","51810"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["51003","51007","51015","51036","51073","51127","51137","51139","51165","51171","51187","51193","51199","51810"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"va_heritage","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","flag":"N","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=3559"},{"basis":"exact taxon in the state heritage program list of native plants","claim":"native","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"VA","source":"va_heritage","srank":"S3","url":"https://dcr.am.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/plantlist-current.pdf"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","text":"Maine to Panhandle Florida, mainly on the Coastal Plain; disjunct around the Great Lakes (New York, Michigan, n. Indiana, n. Illinois).","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"AL-AR-DC-DE-FL-GA-KY-LA-MD-MS-NC-NJ-PA-SC-TN-VA-WV","source":"weakley_fsus","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"Native field of the Northern Tier edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":5468,"scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"native_explanation":"Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list (government agency, state claim) gives the value. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","native_provenance":{"flags":[],"source":"va_heritage","specificity":"state","tier":"government"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["va_atlas:VA:3559"],"source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas","va_heritage"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=3559","state_rank":"SNR"},"source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas","va_heritage"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=3559","state_rank":{"value":"SNR"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[0,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 4 NC counties","light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition"},"fit_record":{"band":"Strong","condition_evidence":{"light":{"broad_range_note":{"review_status":"source_recorded","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","text":"Selected source categories span deep shade to full sun; broad tolerance is source-recorded, not independently verified."},"evidence_id":"fact:ee2edc59159661c669114712d89fd44496e67e3b1d8664dca6f559a9f6fcc6c8","levels":[0,1,2,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_light_categories","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:23b8fe9a419fe6d280484bffec275f361292aa17e72bf027bb05bda5eaf04599","levels":[3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[3,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"county_fips":["37023","37047","37057","37167","45003","45005","45011","45015","45027","45031","45075","45079","45081","45085","51003","51007","51015","51036","51073","51127","51137","51139","51165","51171","51187","51193","51199","51810"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[0,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":null},"fit_note":"Shared sunlight, moisture and pH calculation; county geography is an additional layer. Missing source traits remain unknown.","fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 4 NC counties","light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":59,"state":"VA"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","retrieved":"2026-10-04T13:31:16.252589+00:00","scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"scope_note":"Original regional ecological and identification evidence; no location-specific gardening adjustments.","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","source_record_id":5468,"source_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","trait_evidence":[{"field":"habitat_description","source_column":"HabitatText","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Moist soils of pine savannas, marshes, seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds, roadside ditches."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Maine to Panhandle Florida, mainly on the Coastal Plain; disjunct around the Great Lakes (New York, Michigan, n. Indiana, n. Illinois)."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Jun-Aug; Aug-Sep."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= C, G, Il, K1, NE, S, Tat, Va, W, Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend (2011); ? Stachys atlantica Britton; > Stachys hyssopifolia Michx. var. hyssopifolia — F, GW2, K4, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, Nelson (1981)]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":7},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Moist","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr12":"e,s","Attr13":"bil","Attr15":"pi,pur","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DC","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Part,Shade,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 5-9","Attr5":"er","Attr6":"pub","Attr7":"opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"nr"}},{"field":"fruit_season_begin","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"August"},{"field":"fruit_season_end","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"September"},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5468,"source_table":"Organism","value":"June to August"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"June to August","fruit_season_begin":"August","fruit_season_end":"September","geographic_range_description":"Maine to Panhandle Florida, mainly on the Coastal Plain; disjunct around the Great Lakes (New York, Michigan, n. Indiana, n. Illinois).","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr12":"e,s","Attr13":"bil","Attr15":"pi,pur","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DC","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Part,Shade,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 5-9","Attr5":"er","Attr6":"pub","Attr7":"opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"nr"},"habitat_description":"Moist soils of pine savannas, marshes, seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds, roadside ditches.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Moist","Wet"],"heliophily_index":7,"phenology_source_text":"Jun-Aug; Aug-Sep.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= C, G, Il, K1, NE, S, Tat, Va, W, Fleming, Nelson, & Townsend (2011); ? Stachys atlantica Britton; > Stachys hyssopifolia Michx. var. hyssopifolia — F, GW2, K4, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, Nelson (1981)]"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","retrieved":"2026-10-05T19:51:01.719118+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Source-reported species characteristics; not a location-specific estimate.","source_label":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","source_sha256":"dfbdaa66ea6751ad995cd488b1529829a1e2c076cafd01bc9b83b2792323ced9","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STHY3","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:237aba582d5d9de513d1dba23565417e00ba04207e12663bb393fb6fdca6f65c","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:51:01.719118+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","source_sha256":"dfbdaa66ea6751ad995cd488b1529829a1e2c076cafd01bc9b83b2792323ced9","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STHY3","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:fbc0257b-a1dc-5c02-aebc-c1ab32a25461","value":["Annual"]},{"expected_source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:35e6c6aaea6031e8e0275f9ee78affc702f432455b950fd043d4a0063cecfe70","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:51:01.719118+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","source_sha256":"dfbdaa66ea6751ad995cd488b1529829a1e2c076cafd01bc9b83b2792323ced9","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STHY3","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:fbc0257b-a1dc-5c02-aebc-c1ab32a25461","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":1.6666666666666667,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:90fbb51a44807cbae9fa2c44a691829536d2bfd4e24a50088ba7daa3344f795e","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:51:01.719118+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","source_sha256":"dfbdaa66ea6751ad995cd488b1529829a1e2c076cafd01bc9b83b2792323ced9","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STHY3","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:fbc0257b-a1dc-5c02-aebc-c1ab32a25461","value":["White","Red","Pink","Blue","Purple"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["White","Red","Pink","Blue","Purple"],"height_description":"Up to about 1.66667 feet","life_cycle":["Annual"]}}},"light_range":["deep shade","full sun"],"light_source":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","flag":"N","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=3559"},{"basis":"exact taxon in the state heritage program list of native plants","claim":"native","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"VA","source":"va_heritage","srank":"S3","url":"https://dcr.am.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/plantlist-current.pdf"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","text":"Maine to Panhandle Florida, mainly on the Coastal Plain; disjunct around the Great Lakes (New York, Michigan, n. Indiana, n. Illinois).","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","scope":"AL-AR-DC-DE-FL-GA-KY-LA-MD-MS-NC-NJ-PA-SC-TN-VA-WV","source":"weakley_fsus","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"Native field of the Northern Tier edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":5468,"scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"va_heritage","explanation":"Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list (government agency, state claim) gives the value. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","label":"Native to Virginia (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":[],"source":"va_heritage","specificity":"state","tier":"government"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Stachys hyssopifolia","taxon_id":"taxon:fbc0257b-a1dc-5c02-aebc-c1ab32a25461","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[{"id":"inat-411389388","src":"/api/photos/image/68c0df547f3928f71b92b0a858991d9d88a3f8f5452d2d08112f3be3f667f082.jpeg","view":"reference","alt":"Stachys hyssopifolia photograph","width":375,"height":500,"artist":"(c) Sean Rigney, some rights reserved (CC BY)","license":"CC BY 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/411389388","changes":"iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.","kind":"photo"}]}