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Lamium purpureum grows with square stems to 5–20 centimetres (2–8 in), [4] rarely 40 cm, in height. [5] The leaves have fine hairs, are green at the bottom and shade to purplish at the top; they are 2–4 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and broad, with a 1–2 cm petiole (leaf stalk), and wavy to serrated margins.
Lamium maculatum (also known as spotted dead-nettle, [2] spotted henbit [3] and purple dragon) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, western China).
The common name "dead-nettle" has been derived from the German Taubnessel ("deaf nettle", or "nettle without a kernel"), [11] and refers to the resemblance of Lamium album [12] to the very distantly related stinging nettles, but unlike those, they do not have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead".
dead nettle, dumb nettle Lamium, particularly Lamium album; false nettle – Boehmeria; flame nettle – Coleus; hedge nettle – Stachys; hemp nettle – Galeopsis; horse nettle: Agastache urticifolia – horse-nettle; Solanum carolinense – ball-nettle, Carolina horse-nettle; Solanum dimidiatum – western horse-nettle, robust horse-nettle
Lamium hybridum, the cut-leaved dead-nettle, [1] is a species of Lamium native to western and northern Europe and northwestern Africa. [2] The specific name means ' hybrid '; however, Dominique Villars , in describing the species, did not give his reasons for selecting this name.
The Lamiaceae (/ ˌ l eɪ m i ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ / LAY-mee-AY-see-ee, -eye) [3] or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. . Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other ...
Lamium amplexicaule, commonly known as henbit dead-nettle, [2] is a species of Lamium native to the Old World. The specific name refers to the leaves, which are amplexicaul (clasping the stem). Description
Lamium purpureum, red henbit or red dead-nettle; Monarda russeliana, Russells henbit or redpurple beebalm; Plagiobothrys lamprocarpus, shinyfruit popcornflower, less commonly known as henbit dead-nettle; Veronica hederifolia, small henbit or ivy-leaved speedwell; Henbit (horse) (1977–1997), racehorse