Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lamium purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Purple Deadnettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium purpureum var. purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-19-002:
Lamium purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle
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Gill Newberry gn03_l_purpureum_inf_2
March
Corolla 2-lipped: upper hoodlike, lower with 2 lateral lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_purpureum_1b
March AL-GA
Pinhoti Trail
Leaves heart-shaped with coarse rounded teeth, petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Gill Newberry gn04_l_purpureum_habitat
April
Whorls of flowers subtended by petioled, reflexed leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0404b_27b
April Haywood County NC
Roadside
Leaves concentrated on upper stem where they are strongly tinged with purple, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lamium purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lamium purpureum var. purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-19-002:
Lamium purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae