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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).
Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, [2] it is now found worldwide.
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.
Purple Dead Nettle This winter annual weed has purple-tinged leaves and small, purple flowers arranged in clusters along its square stems. It thrives in cool, moist conditions and often invades ...
Gardening can be a matter of perspective: One person’s weed is another person’s flower ! But some types...
Appearance: Horse nettle is a native, warm-season perennial herb that can grow either erect or sprawling. It has prickles along the stems and leaves. It has prickles along the stems and leaves.
Beyond adverse effects from the herb itself, "adulteration, inappropriate formulation, or lack of understanding of plant and drug interactions have led to adverse reactions that are sometimes life threatening or lethal." [3]
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".