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Lamium maculatum
Also called Spotted henbit, Variegated Dead Nettle
A low, spreading perennial groundcover from the mint family, with variegated or silvered leaves and pink or purple hooded flowers. It thrives in moist, shady spots and can spread aggressively, so give it room or contain it.
Lamium maculatum (also known as spotted dead-nettle, spotted henbit and purple dragon) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, western China).
Lamium maculatum is valued as groundcover in moist, shady areas. It will rapidly colonise an area, and may become invasive given suitable growing conditions. Numerous cultivars have been developed, mainly for their coloured and varigated leaves, including:-
'Album' (white form)
It grows in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertile soils at an altitude of 0–1,500 metres (0–4,921 ft) above sea level.
Henbit deadnettle · Yellow Archangel · Red Dead-nettle · Deadnettle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lamium maculatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
