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Latin name: Lamium purpureum
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Family: Lamiaceae, Mint family
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Common name: red dead nettle
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Life cycle: winter annual or biennial
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Habit: Low growing (up to 12 inches
in height); spreads by rooting at internodes; mounding to spreading
habit.
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Foliage: Foliage is heart-shaped,
dentate, hairy, and with distinctly sunken veins. Leaves are arranged
oppositely around square stems. Foliage has a slight blue color, compared
to closely related L.
amplexicaule.
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Flower: Flowers are tubular, and
pink to purple in color.
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Look alikes: L. amplexicaule (Common
dead nettle) or Veronica
persica (Persian speedwell).
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