- Lamium album
Taxobox
name = "Lamium album"
image_caption = White deadnettle
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Lamiales
familia =Lamiaceae
genus = "Lamium "
species = "L. album"
binomial = "Lamium album"
binomial_authority = L."Lamium album" (White Deadnettle) is a
flowering plant in the familyLamiaceae , native throughoutEurope and westernAsia , growing in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertilesoils .It is a
herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50-100 cm tall, with green, four-angled stems. The leaves are 3-8 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, triangular with a rounded base, softly hairy, and with a serrated margin and a petiole up to 5 cm long; they appear superficially similar to those of theStinging nettle "Urtica dioica" but do not sting, hence the common name "dead nettle". Theflower s are white, produced in whorls ('verticillasters') on the upper part of the stem, the individual flowers 1.5-2.5 cm long.Cultivation and uses
The young leaves are edible, and can be used in salads or cooked as a vegetable. The plant also has a number of uses in
herbal medicine .Bees are attracted to the flowers which contain nectar or pollen, hence the plant is sometimes called the Bee Nettle. [ [http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nettle03.html botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Nettles ] ]
It was introduced to
North America , where it is widely naturalised.Notes
External links
* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Lamium&SPECIES_XREF=album&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Lamium album"]
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Lamium+album Plants for a Future: "Lamium album"]
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