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Lamium purpureum L.
purple deadnettle

       
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Photo of Lamium purpureum L.
©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, VA, Prince William Co., Dale City. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Lamium purpureum L.

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Distribution:
Lamium purpureum L.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Lamium purpureum L.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 5 species in Lamium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Lamium purpureum L. var. incisum (Willd.) Pers.. .
Lamium purpureum var. incisum
purple deadnettle
Distribution of Lamium purpureum L. var. purpureum. .
Lamium purpureum var. purpureum
purple deadnettle
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Lamium purpureum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus Lamium L. – deadnettle
Species Lamium purpureum L. – purple deadnettle
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lamium purpureum L.

purple deadnettle
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum var. incisum
hybrid deadnettle
purple deadnettle
red deadnettle

This plant and the related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Lamium purpureum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lamium purpureum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32543.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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Lamium purpureum L.

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