Scientific Name:	Lamium maculatum
Pronunciation:	LAY-mee-um mack-you-LAY-tum
Common Name:	spotted deadnettle, dead nettle
Family Name:	Lamiaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural), Invasive plant
Key ID Features:	Stoloniferous perennial; flowers relatively large, pink (most cvs.) and 'hooded'; leaves triangular to ovate, pubescent, central silver stripe or mottling and rounded-toothed.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, HORT 1193/1293, Level 1 Apprenticeship, CLT Training

Habit: Dense, Pendulous, Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Africa, Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Prickly, Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent, Tomentose Colour in Summer: Green, Pink, Silver / Grayish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Deltoid, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Cordate Margins: Crenate, Dentate Additional Info: Leaves variegated, Source of image: http://www.aphotoflora.com/page15.html

Inflorescence Type: Verticillaster Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Bilabiate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Violet, Pink, Purple, Red, Magenta Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Schizocarp Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Not showy, Ovary separates into four tiny mericarps or "nutlets" that are enclosed in a persistent calyx

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Leaf-like bracts, Rhizomes, Runners (or stolons)

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts, Stem tip cuttings
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Slugs or snails, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant )

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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