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| name = ''LATINNAME''   <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| name = ''Lamium''
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| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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| water = ?  <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| color = IndianRed
 
| 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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''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''
 
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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