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| name = ''LATINNAME''   <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| name = ''Lamium''
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| image = Lamium 8229.jpg
 
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| image_caption = Henbit deadnettle (''Lamium amplexicaule'')
 
| image_caption = Henbit deadnettle (''Lamium amplexicaule'')
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
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| ordo = Lamiales
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| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
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| familia = Lamiaceae
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| genus = '''''Lamium'''''
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| genus = Lamium
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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Lamium (Greek for throat, referring to the shape of the corolla). Labiatae. Dead Nettle. Annual
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About 50 species; see text
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and perennial herbs of the Old World, of which several run wild in this country as weeds and
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others are cultivated as hardy border plants.
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Botanically, Lamium is distinguished by a 2-lipped corolla, of which the tube is somewhat longer
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than the calyx, the upper lip ascending and concave, and the lower one 3-lobed: stamens 4, in 2
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pairs, ascending under the upper lip: fls. in axillary or terminal whorls, often rather showy: lvs.
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opposite, mostly crenatedentate and petiolate: calyx awl-toothed.—Low herbs, of some 40 species  
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in Eu., N. Afr. and Asia.
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Lamiums are diffuse mostly pubescent or hairy herbs, commonly decumbent at the base and often
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almost trailing. They are of the easiest culture in any open soil. Useful for rockwork. The
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cultivated kinds are perennial, and are commonly propagated by division.{{SCH}}
 
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'''''Lamium''''' ('''deadnettle''') is a genus of about 40-50 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Lamiaceae]], of which family it is the type genus. They are all [[herbaceous]] plants native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]], and north [[Africa]], but several have become very successful [[weed]]s of [[agriculture|crop]] fields and are now widely [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] across the temperate world.
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==Cultivation==
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The genus includes both [[annual plant|annual]] and [[perennial plant|perennial]] species; they spread by both [[seed]]s and stems rooting as they grow along the ground.
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===Propagation===
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The common name refers to their superficial resemblance to the unrelated [[nettle|stinging nettle]]s, but unlike those, they do not have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead".
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
 
;Selected species
 
;Selected species
 
*''[[Lamium album]]'' ([[White Deadnettle]])
 
*''[[Lamium album]]'' ([[White Deadnettle]])
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*''[[Lamium purpureum]]'' ([[Red Deadnettle]])
 
*''[[Lamium purpureum]]'' ([[Red Deadnettle]])
  
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Several closely related genera were formerly included in ''Lamium'' by some [[botanist]]s, including ''[[Lamiastrum]]'' (Yellow Archangel), ''[[Galeopsis]]'' (hemp-nettles) and ''[[Leonurus]]'' (motherworts).
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==Gallery==
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''Lamium'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Angle Shades]], [[Setaceous Hebrew Character]] and the ''[[Coleophora]]'' case-bearers ''C. ballotella'', ''C. lineolea'' and ''C. ochripennella''.
 
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== Cultivation ==
 
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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 species|invasive]] habits and need plenty of room.  Propagate from seed or by division in early spring.
 
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Image:Red Dead nettle 700.jpg|''Lamium purpureum''
 
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{{Commons|Lamium}}  
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 13 May 2009


Henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)


Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ◍ ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

Lamiaceae >

Lamium >



Read about Deadnettle in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lamium (Greek for throat, referring to the shape of the corolla). Labiatae. Dead Nettle. Annual and perennial herbs of the Old World, of which several run wild in this country as weeds and others are cultivated as hardy border plants. Botanically, Lamium is distinguished by a 2-lipped corolla, of which the tube is somewhat longer than the calyx, the upper lip ascending and concave, and the lower one 3-lobed: stamens 4, in 2 pairs, ascending under the upper lip: fls. in axillary or terminal whorls, often rather showy: lvs. opposite, mostly crenatedentate and petiolate: calyx awl-toothed.—Low herbs, of some 40 species in Eu., N. Afr. and Asia. Lamiums are diffuse mostly pubescent or hairy herbs, commonly decumbent at the base and often almost trailing. They are of the easiest culture in any open soil. Useful for rockwork. The cultivated kinds are perennial, and are commonly propagated by division.CH


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Species

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Gallery

  • Lamium purpureum

  • A close-up of the flowers of Lamium purpureum

  • Lamium orvala

  • Lamium purpureum from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885

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