Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Spotted Deadnettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-19-XX:
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lamium maculatum
COMMON NAME:
Spotted Deadnettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lama_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-19-XX:
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lamium maculatum
3820
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink
(rarely white)
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower two-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
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