Lamium hybridum

Scientific name: Lamium hybridum Vill.
Common name: Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Description
Habit: A slightly hairy annual, to 20 cm high.
Stems: Erect, square, branched from the base.
Leaves: Opposite, undivided, stalked, oval, pointed, deeply and irregularly toothed.
Flowers: Purple, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite, 12-15 mm long, in axillary whorl-like clusters, forming a terminal spike; calyx tubular, of five fused sepals, 5-toothed; corolla tubular, of 5 fused petals, 2-lipped, with a weak line of hairs near the base of the tube, or none; stamens 4, attached to the corolla, usually in two pairs, one longer than the other; ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4 1-seeded nutlets.

Habitat: Cultivated fields and gardens.Distribution: Rather rare.

Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No


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