- Features worth knowing in the form of a profile
- There you can find the spotted deadnettle!
- Your main features
Everyone knows dead nettles. But there is not just one dead nettle, but several species. The spotted deadnettle has a specific feature that makes it easy to distinguish it from other species. Other facts about them are also interesting.
The spotted deadnettle grows wild in our meadows and forests
Features worth knowing in the form of a profile
- Plant family and genus: Lamiaceae, Deadnettles
- Botanical name: Lamium maculatum
- Origin: Europe to Asia Minor
- Occurrence: sparse forests, roadsides
- Growth: upright to prostrate
- Leaves: ovate, serrate, fragrant
- Flowering time: April to June (rarely until September)
- flowers: in pseudo whorls, labiate, purple or white
- Fruits: Klaus fruits
- Location: sun to semi-shade
- Soil: moist, calcareous, rich in nutrients
- Propagation: self-sowing, offshoots
There you can find the spotted deadnettle!
In contrast to the red dead nettle, this species is not only annual, but perennial. It grows herbaceously and forms both underground and aboveground runners. You can find this plant along roadsides, in sparse forests and at the edge of trees. It prefers nutrient-rich soils in semi-shade.
Your main features
The spotted deadnettle rises an average of 20 to 60 cm high. Its growth is medium to strong. In appearance, it appears prostrate to upright. The four-edged stems that set the tone are hollow.
The leaves are arranged around the stems in an opposite sequence. They reach a length of up to 6 cm and a width of 5 cm. They are ovoid, serrate at the edge and finely hairy on the surface. For some they are fragrant, while for others they smell unpleasant.
The flowers of the spotted deadnettle (similar to the white deadnettle) appear from April. They are the part of the plant that makes it easy to distinguish them from other species. In contrast to the unicolored flowers of red deadnettle and white deadnettle, the flowers of this species are mottled on the lower lip.
tips
The spotted deadnettle is often confused with the red deadnettle. But the difference is clearly recognizable: the labiate flowers of the spotted deadnettle have white markings.