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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Deadnettles and Archangels
  8. Lamium
  9. Red Deadnettle

species 168,423 observations

Red Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

74 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ruby Tiger Moth, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Garden Tiger, Common Swift Moth 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 7
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Eastern Carpenter Bee 63

Children

  • Common Red Deadnettle
  • Cut-leaved Dead Nettle

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Well drained Moist
Soil
Sand Loam Clay Organic
Soil pH
Acid Neutral Alkaline
Habit
Clumping Mounding
Plant type
Annual Wildflower Weed

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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