Common name:
White dead-nettle
Family:
Scientific name:
Lamium album
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK, except mountainous regions
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, verges, woodland margins, disturbed ground
Flowers:
The white corolla has a hooded upper lip and a three-lobed lower lip, for which the middle lobe is extended forwards, notched at the tip, while the two side lobes are much smaller, and lined with two or three small teeth. The calyx is divided into five narrow lobes. Flowers form in well-spaced whorls along the upper portion of the stem
Leaves:
Ovate, shallowly cordate at the base, stalked, up to 7 cm long, lined by coarse teeth
Season:
March to November
Rarity:
★★★★★