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Lamiaceae
Purple Dead-Nettle
Lamium purpureum
Resourcefulness and resilience.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Lamium
- Native to
- Europe, Western Asia
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 4-10 in
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- moist, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- Despite its name, purple dead-nettle does not sting because it has no stinging hairs like true nettles.
- The word 'dead' in its name means harmless, indicating it only resembles stinging nettle in leaf shape.
- It is one of the earliest spring wildflowers, blooming as early as February and providing crucial pollen for emerging bees.
- The young leaves and flowers are edible and can be added to salads, smoothies, or brewed into tea.
- Purple dead-nettle can produce seeds without pollination through a process called cleistogamy, using closed self-pollinating flowers.
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survival