Stachys pycnantha is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name shortspike hedgenettle.

[1] It is native to California, where it is known from many types of mountain and foothill habitat.

This mint produces several stems usually exceeding 60 centimeters in height.

The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades borne on short petioles.

The tubular corolla is up to a centimeter long and white to pink in color.