- Name
- Dead Nettle
- Common Names
- Purple Dead Nettle, Red Dead Nettle
- Scientific Name
- Lamium purpureum
- Family
- Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
- Description
- Originating from Europe and Asia, usually considered a weed. Low growing winter annual with square stems that can be found in lawns, roadsides, gardens and open areas. Often confused with Henbit.
- Leaves
- Crowded heart-shaped leaves tend to overlap; upper leaves are often reddish-purplish with greenish undersides and hairy. Short petioles (leaf stems) Wavy to serrated margins.
- Flowers
- Light purple flowers have a top hooded petal with 2 lower lip petals. May be produced throughout the year.
- Bloom Time
- February-October
- Pollen Source
- Early blooming plants are utilized by both native bees and honey bees as pollen and nectar sources. Important for spring build-up.
- Nectar Source
- Pollen Color
- red
- Native to NC
- No
