Spotted Dead-nettle
സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ഡെഡ് നെറ്റിൽ,സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ഹെൻബിറ്റ്,പർപ്പിൾ ഡ്രാഗൺ
Lamium maculatum (L.) L.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 15 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Lamiaceae
Also called Spotted henbit
Formerly Lamium affine, Lamium cardiaca, Lamium columnae, Lamium cupreum, and 15 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Caucasus, N. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 8 cm to 23 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Asturian
- calzón d'ortiga muerta, chupamiel, ortiga mansa
- Czech
- hluchavka skvrnitá
- German
- Gefleckte Taubnessel
- Finnish
- täpläpeippi
- French
- lamier maculé
- Dutch
- gevlekte dovenetel, Gevlekte dovenetel
- Slovenian
- lisasta mrtva kopriva
- Chinese
- 甘肃紫花野芝麻, 紫花野芝麻
- Simplified Chinese
- 甘肃紫花野芝麻, 紫花野芝麻
- Malayalam
- സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ഡെഡ് നെറ്റിൽ,സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ഹെൻബിറ്റ്,പർപ്പിൾ ഡ്രാഗൺ, ലാമിയം മാകുലേറ്റം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Lamium maculatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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