Henbit
Lamium purpureum
Summary 7
Lamium purpureum, known as red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, red henbit, purple archangel, or velikdenche, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe and Asia.
Biology 8
Red dead-nettle is an annual plant (3) that flowers from April to November (1). The flowers are pollinated by bees (2). As with white dead-nettle, most country children know that it is possible to suck drops of nectar from the bases of the flowers of red dead-nettle (5).
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- (c) Bastiaan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/84474308@N00/434347422
- (c) Miroslav Deml, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/29398.jpg
- (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/JCS%20Lamium%20purpureum%2047164.JPG
- (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Lamium-purpureum-var-incisum-61476.JPG
- (c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=266331&one=T
- (c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=266332&one=T
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamium_purpureum
- (c) Wildscreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/6689621
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