Lamium purpureum L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Red Dead-nettle
• 🇫🇷 Lamier pourpre, Ortie rouge

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Lamiids
• Order: Lamiales
• Family: Lamiaceae
• Subfamily: Lamioideae
• Tribe: Lamieae
• Genus: Lamium
• Species: Lamium purpureum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. hybridum Vill., 1786, which has pinnatifid bracts, while L. purpureum has dentate or slightly pinnatilobate bracts.

Possible confusion with L. maculatum (L.) L., 1763, which has larger purple flowers, often spotted with white, or rarely entirely white.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• L. purpureum var. ehrenbergii (Boiss. & Reut. ex Boiss.) Mennema, 1989;
• L. purpureum var. purpureum L., 1753, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 800). Biotope.