Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lamium amplexicaule var. amplexicaule
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Lamium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-19-001:
Lamium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lamium amplexicaule
COMMON NAME:
Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_laam_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn03_l_amplexicaule_flowe
March
Corolla 2-lipped: upper hoodlike, lower spotted and with 2 lateral lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn03_l_amplexicaule_plant
March
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Gill Newberry gn03_lamium_amplex
March
Whorls of flowers subtended by sessile, horizontal leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0403a_16
March Greenville County SC
Leaves nearly round, upper ones sessile & almost clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0503b_37
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3329
March Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3332
March Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_amplexicaule_2_s
August
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Keith Bradley kab_l_amplexicaule_9912
December Polk County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lamium amplexicaule var. amplexicaule
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-19-001:
Lamium amplexicaule
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lamium amplexicaule
792
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: Eurasia & northern Africa
Common
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, gardens, pastures, 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:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish
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:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p088
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p365
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p086
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p323
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p192
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p081
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p162
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p217
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p220
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p261
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p394
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p145
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p131