*Lamium amplexicaule

Family Lamiaceae

Dead Nettle

Hairy herb to 40 cm high.

Flowers: Pink to rose-coloured, April - November.

Fruit: Dry fruit with ant-adapted food body for dispersal.

Seed:

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Native of Europe, West Asia and Africa
• Weed of disturbed sites.
• Minor weed in grasslands at the Australian Botanic Garden.

Asterisk * indicates exotic species naturalised at the Australian Botanic Garden.