Lamium maculatum (L.) L.

Spotted Dead-Nettle

Lamiaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Lamiaceae (Nettle family)
Genus: Lamium (Deadnettle)

Synonyms

Lamium maculatum
Lamium affine
Lamium album var. maculatum
Lamium cardiaca
Lamium columnae
Lamium cupreum
Lamium cupreum subsp. dilatatum
Lamium dilatatum
Lamium elegantissimum
Lamium foliosum
Lamium grandiflorum
Lamium grenieri
Lamium gundelsheimeri
Lamium hirsutum
Lamium laevigatum
Lamium maculatum subsp. strictopurpureum
Lamium maculatum var. bourgaei
Lamium maculatum var. cupreum
Lamium maculatum var. grenieri
Lamium maculatum var. hirsutum
Lamium maculatum var. laevigatum
Lamium maculatum var. nemorale
Lamium maculatum var. niveum
Lamium maculatum var. rubrum
Lamium maculatum var. rugosum
Lamium maculatum var. villosifolium
Lamium melissifolium
Lamium mutabile
Lamium niveum
Lamium pallidiflorum
Lamium rubrum
Lamium rugosum
Lamium stoloniferum
Lamium tillii
Lamium truncatum
Lamium villosifolium
Lamium vulgatum var. rubrum

Related species

Lamium album L. - White Dead-Nettle
Lamium maculatum (L.) L. - Spotted Dead-Nettle
Lamium amplexicaule L. - Henbit Dead-Nettle
Lamium purpureum L. - Red Dead-Nettle
Lamium confertum Fr. - Northern Dead-Nettle
Lamium galeobdolon (L.) Crantz

Traits


    15–60 cm tall, perennial. supporting-leaves of the whorls: foliage-like, 1–2‑times as long as broad. flowers: mostly reddish, rarely whitish; corolla-tube mostly with lighter pattern. corolla: 18–35 mm long. corolla-tube: bent upwards. upper-lip: with accumbent hairs...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Lamium maculatum

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Distribution in Germany

Lamium maculatum

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Lamium maculatum

Lamium maculatum

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, ruderal vegetation

  • in nutritious habitats

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