Red Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum L. [Lamiaceae (Labiatae)]
Family Lamiaceae Lindey
210 genera, 3500 spp.
Genus Lamium L.
40-50 species
Hime-odoriko-sou (ヒメオドリコソオウ, 姫踊子草)
Native to Europe and Asia (but exotic in Japan)
Habitats: roadsides, cultivated land, etc.
f. albiflorum Goiran: white flower
Lamium purpureum in Hokkaido University Campus
[Left/Center] Near GSEES building in Hokkaido University Campus on April 22 2008. [Right] close-up of an inflorescence at N20W3, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 19 2011.
References
- Lamium album var. barbatum
- Lamium amplexicaule
- Lamium hybridum
- HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan
flora list - General education "Field trip: Nature on lakes, volcanoes, sea and forests"