Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lamium L., Sp. Pl. 579 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Galeobdolon Adans., Fam. Pl. 2, 190, 560 (1763)
Vernacular Name(s):
Dead nettle
Description
Annual or perennial herbs, often diffuse or decumbent; stems sometimes rhizomatous and creeping, but not stoloniferous. Lvs simple, crenate to dentate. Verticels crowded in dense axillary or, less commonly, terminal whorls. Bracts mostly similar to lvs. Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5-nerved, not gibbous at base, with 5 equal or subequal teeth. Corolla white to pink or purple, 2-lipped; upper lip hooded, densely hairy outside; lower lip with the main central lobe obcordate or obovate, with or without small lateral lobes. Stamens lying below upper lip; anther cells divergent. Style gynobasic. Nutlets ± trigonous, truncate at apex.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 6 |
| Total | 6 |
Bibliography
Adanson, M. 1763: Familles des Plantes. Vol. 2. Vincent, Paris.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mennema, J. 1989: A taxonomic revision of Lamium (Lamiaceae). Leiden Botanical Series. Vol. 11.
