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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lamium maculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lamium maculatum
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium maculatum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lamium maculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lamium maculatum
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
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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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)
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
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