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Lamium amplexicaule L. – (henbit dead-nettle) – widespread across Europe and northern Asia from Spain + Norway to Japan + Kamchatka, as well as North Africa, Ethiopia, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands; naturalised in New Zealand, Hawaii, South America + North America; Lamium bakhtiaricum Jamzad – Iran
Henbit may refer to: Any of several plant species with the common name "henbit": Lamium amplexicaule, wild flower known as henbit dead-nettle, common henbit, or greater henbit; Lamium album, white henbit or archangel; Lamium confertum, garden henbit; Lamium galeobdolon, yellow henbit or yellow archangel; Lamium maculatum, spotted henbit
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
1 oz deadnettle or henbit tops, including flowers, or spinach, stems removed (1 1/2 cups) 1 oz wild garlic greens or chives, cut into 1/2- to 1-inch lengths (3/4 cup), plus more for garnish;
Lamium maculatum is a prostrate, spreading herbaceous perennial. [4] This species is very variable in terms of leaf size and shape, hairiness and flower colours. It reaches on average 20–80 centimetres (7.9–31.5 in) in height.
It may come from the Latin words galeo meaning "to cover with a helmet" and dolon meaning "a fly's sting", or it may come from the Greek words galen meaning "weasel" and bdolos meaning "foetid smell". The latter interpretation is likely the source of the old common name 'yellow weasel-snout'.
The imagery depicts Mithras killing a bull, hence the name tauroctony after the Greek word tauroktonos (ταυροκτόνος, "bull killing"). A tauroctony is distinct from the sacrifice of a bull in ancient Rome called a taurobolium; the taurobolium was mainly part of the unrelated cult of Cybele. [a]
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.