Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium


  Lamium amplexicaule L. image
Photographer: Paul Drobot           

Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration
Kitty Kohout
Paul Drobot
Paul Drobot
Family Lamiaceae
Lamium amplexicaule L.
henbit, dead-nettle
Lamium: the ancient Latin name for the mints
amplexicaule: stem-clasping
County distribution map- click for detailed distribution maps.
Detailed Distribution:
Town Range Maps
Google Dot Maps
Status: Introduced - adventive
Plant: erect, annual/biennial, 2"-14" tall forb, aromatic; stems square
Flower: pink, 5-parted, 5/8" long, flower drawing; blooms April-Oct.
Fruit:1-seeded nutlet
Leaf:opposite
Habitat: disturbed
(Glossary)

More Information Natural Communities Herbarium Specimens
All Lamium list Google- Images or Text
Synonyms 
Lamium amplexicaule L. var. album Pickens & M.C.Pickens
         
  Home
Faculty
Botany News/Events
Projects
Book We Recommend
Historical Botanists
Other Links
Botanical Club of Wisconsin (off site)
UW-Stevens Point Biology Dept.
 
Plants of Wisconsin
Vascular Plants
Bryophytes
Ethnobotany
Natural Communities
Botany News/Events
Other Links
Lichens (off site)   
Tom Volk's Fungi (off site)
Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
                          Vascular Plants
Browse by Identification Guides
Family Wildflowers
Genus Trees
Common Names Shrubs
Search by Vines
Names Aquatic-Semi aquatic
Specimens Ferns - Fern Allies
Blooming Times Grasses, Sedges, or Rushes
County & Status Other Resources  
Town Range Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
  WI Checklist & CofC Values
Bryophytes
Browse by:
Common Name
Genus
Search by:
County
 Name
Copyright © 2012 Permissions Contact Us Web Map