Lamium purpureum
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Lamium purpureum |
| Common name: | purple deadnettle |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | introduced |
| Plant height: | 4 - 12" |
| Foliage: | heart-shaped, dentate, hairy, and with sunken veins. Leaves are opposite, around square stems, and slightly blue in color |
| Flower: | tubular, lavender, 1/4" |
| Flowering time: | April-October |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas; roadsides, waste places, gardens |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Resembles henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), Flowers are both insect and self pollinated. L. purpureum can carry cucumber mosaic virus both in the growing plant and in its seeds. It is also a host of the potato leaf-roll virus. Lamium, ancient Latin word for mint. Purpureum, reddish or purplish |