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Lamium amplexicaule - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Torgueda, Vila Real, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Lamium amplexicaule - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Torgueda, Vila Real, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Lamium amplexicaule - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Torgueda, Vila Real, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Lamium amplexicaule - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Torgueda, Vila Real, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1032
Date of entry: 27.03.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Giraffehead

German: Stängelumfassende Taubnessel

Mandarin: 宝盖草 (bao gai cao)

Portuguese: Chupapitos

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Lamiaceae (99)(family description)

          Genus: Lamium (7)

            Epithet: amplexicaule L. (1)

amplexicaule => stem-clasping, when the petiole leaf is dilated at base and embraces the stem

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

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