School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Lamium purpureum |
Pronunciation: | LAY-mee-um pur-PUR-ee-um |
Common Name: | purple deadnettle |
Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
Plant Type: | Invasive plant, Annual |
Key ID Features: | Invasive ground cover when escaped from containers; leaves opposite, mostly ovate, toothed, pubescent, and variegated with silver; yellow florets in whorls at nodes. |
Course(s): | not used (on campus) |
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Propagation: | Layering, Seed, Division - below ground parts |
Pest Susceptibility: | Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant |
Location(s): (WDY) WeeDY location Location Map |