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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lamium purpureum
COMMON NAME:
Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0403k_02
March Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_lamium_purpureum_1905
March Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_purpureum_1
March AL-GA
Pinhoti Trail
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Tim Spira tpslpurpurea80
March
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Gill Newberry gn04_l_purpureum_habitat
April
Whorls of flowers subtended by petioled, reflexed leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0304o_11
April Greenville County SC
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0404c_14
April Haywood County NC
Roadside
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Keith Bradley kab_l_purpureum_73365
May NC
Pisgah National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201027_7975
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lamium purpureum
793
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower two-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p525
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p086
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p324
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p081
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p235
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p221
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p262
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p145
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p132
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