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Lamium purpureum L.

Common Name: PURPLE DEAD-NETTLE
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Ad A-Forb

A frequent weed of lawns, gardens, road shoulders, railroads, farmyards, dumps, vacant lots, and other disturbed places, usually sandy or gravelly; also at forest borders and clearings, along trailsides, on river banks, and fallow fields. First collected in 1920 in Livingston Co.

The upper part of the plant is typically tinted purple. Large stands, as sometimes occur in fallow fields, are striking.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Allegan
Barry
Bay
Berrien
Calhoun
Cass
Charlevoix
Eaton
Emmet
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Huron
Ingham
Ionia
Kalamazoo
Kent
Lake
Lenawee
Livingston
Macomb
Mason
Mecosta
Montcalm
Muskegon
Newaygo
Ottawa
St. Joseph
Tuscola
Van Buren
Washtenaw

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1555