Stachys officinalis
E430257
Stachys officinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family traditionally used in European herbal medicine for its purported calming and digestive properties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stachys officinalis canonical | 2 |
| Stachys | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4247011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stachys officinalis Context triple: [Lamiaceae, contains, Stachys officinalis]
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A.
Hyssopus officinalis
Hyssopus officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb traditionally used in medicine and cooking, known for its pungent leaves and blue flowers.
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B.
Melissa officinalis
Melissa officinalis, commonly known as lemon balm, is a perennial herb valued for its lemon-scented leaves and traditional use in culinary, medicinal, and aromatic applications.
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C.
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium chamaedrys, commonly known as wall germander, is a low-growing aromatic perennial herb traditionally used as an ornamental edging plant and in herbal medicine.
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D.
Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb, commonly known as common sage, widely used as a culinary seasoning and traditional medicinal plant.
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E.
Marrubium vulgare
Marrubium vulgare, commonly known as white horehound, is a perennial herb in the mint family valued for its bitter, aromatic leaves traditionally used in herbal medicine and flavoring.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stachys officinalis Target entity description: Stachys officinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family traditionally used in European herbal medicine for its purported calming and digestive properties.
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A.
Hyssopus officinalis
Hyssopus officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb traditionally used in medicine and cooking, known for its pungent leaves and blue flowers.
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B.
Melissa officinalis
Melissa officinalis, commonly known as lemon balm, is a perennial herb valued for its lemon-scented leaves and traditional use in culinary, medicinal, and aromatic applications.
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C.
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium chamaedrys, commonly known as wall germander, is a low-growing aromatic perennial herb traditionally used as an ornamental edging plant and in herbal medicine.
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D.
Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis is a perennial aromatic herb, commonly known as common sage, widely used as a culinary seasoning and traditional medicinal plant.
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E.
Marrubium vulgare
Marrubium vulgare, commonly known as white horehound, is a perennial herb in the mint family valued for its bitter, aromatic leaves traditionally used in herbal medicine and flavoring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
perennial herbaceous plant
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ |
| authority | (L.) Trevis. ⓘ |
| binomialName | Stachys officinalis ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
betony
ⓘ
bishop's wort ⓘ wood betony ⓘ |
| contains |
diterpenes
ⓘ
iridoid glycosides ⓘ phenolic compounds ⓘ tannins ⓘ |
| family | Lamiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| genus |
Stachys
ⓘ
linked to:
Stachys officinalis
|
| growthForm | herbaceous ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
meadows ⓘ woodland clearings ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Anglo-Saxon herbal medicine
ⓘ
medieval European monastic medicine ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | spike ⓘ |
| introducedTo | North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite ⓘ |
| leafMargin | crenate ⓘ |
| leafType | simple ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
Western Asia ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| plantType | perennial ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| pollinator |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soils ⓘ |
| sunExposure |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
anxiety relief
ⓘ
calming remedy ⓘ digestive aid ⓘ headache treatment ⓘ wound treatment ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medicinal plant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
| usedIn | European herbal medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Stachys officinalis Description of subject: Stachys officinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family traditionally used in European herbal medicine for its purported calming and digestive properties.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stachys officinalis