Everything about Lamium totally explained
Lamium (
deadnettle) is a genus of about 40-50 species of
flowering plants in the family
Lamiaceae, of which family it's the type genus. They are all
herbaceous plants native to
Europe,
Asia, and north
Africa, but several have become very successful
weeds of
crop fields and are now widely
naturalised across the temperate world.
The genus includes both
annual and
perennial species; they spread by both
seeds and stems rooting as they grow along the ground.
The common name refers to their
superficial resemblance to the unrelated
stinging nettles, but unlike those, they don't have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead".
Selected species
Several closely related genera were formerly included in
Lamium by some
botanists, including
Lamiastrum (Yellow Archangel),
Galeopsis (hemp-nettles) and
Leonurus (motherworts).
Lamium species are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera species including
Angle Shades,
Setaceous Hebrew Character and the
Coleophora case-bearers
C. ballotella,
C. lineolea and
C. ochripennella.
Cultivation
Lamiums are frost hardy and grow well in most soils. Flower colour determines planting season and light requirement: white- and purple-coloured flowered species are planted in spring and prefer full sun. The yellow-flowered ones are planted in fall (autumn) and prefer shade. They often have
invasive habits and need plenty of room. Propagate from seed or by division in early spring.
Image:Red Dead nettle 700.jpg|Lamium purpureum
Image:Red Dead nettle close 700.jpg|A close-up of the flowers of Lamium purpureum
Image:Lamium orvala3.jpg|Lamium orvala
Image:Illustration Lamium purpureum0.jpg|Lamium purpureum from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
Further Information
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