Henbit Dead-nettle - Lamium amplexicaule

Description

Low to short hairy plant which is hardly branched. Leaves rounded to oval, blunt toothed or lobed, the lower stalked, but the upper unstalked and half clasping the stem. Flowers pinkish purple 14 to 20 mm with a straight corolla tube.

Similar Species

Lamium purpureum or hybridum

Identification difficulty
ID guidance

Sessile leaves under the flower heads

Habitat

A weed of cultivated land, particularly arable land and of waste places.

When to see it

March to December.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Fairly frequent in Britain south of a line from the Humber to the Severn, less frequent elsewhere.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 46 of the 617 tetrads.

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Species profile

Common names
Henbit Dead-nettle, Hen-Bit Dead-Nettle, Hen-Bit
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Lamiaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
20
First record:
07/09/2006 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
21/08/2023 (Rodgers, John)

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