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Lamium purpureum (from Latin purpureum – purple), known as red dead-nettle, [2] purple dead-nettle, or purple archangel, [3] is an annual herbaceous flowering plant. It is native to Eurasia but can also be found in North America.
Lamium album, commonly called white dead-nettle, [2] [3] is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native throughout Europe and Asia , growing in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertile soils .
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".
Lamium galeobdolon, the yellow archangel, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia but it is widely introduced in North America and elsewhere. It is the only species in the genus Lamium with yellow flowers. Another common name for this species is golden dead-nettle.
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 “sting” of stinging nettle comes from minuscule, needle-like hairs on the leaves of this tough perennial plant. The hairs penetrate the skin as soon as you brush against it.
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
Make sure you know what these plants look like and where you can find them. This guide includes common plants that are toxic to the touch and to eat. A guide to some of NC’s most dangerous ...