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Lamium purpureum
red deadnettle
Other common names
French nettleBuy this plant
Botanical details
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Lamium
- Genus description
Lamium can be annuals or, more usually, perennials, with coarsely toothed ovate leaves and 2-lipped, tubular flowers borne in whorls forming a short spike
- Name status
Correct
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