Lamium maculatum

Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy' (Spotted deadnettle)
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia
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Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter' (Pink Pewter Dead Nettle) - A low growing, ...

Lamium maculatum (spotted dead-nettle)
The leaf markings of the spotted dead-nettle make it an attractive and popular choice for gardeners, ...

Dead Nettle (Lamium maculatum)

There's nothing 'dead' about this beauty; the leaves of its many varieties have a silvery sheen that nearly glows in shade.

This patch of "White Nancy" Lamium, or Spotted Dead Nettle, is a cultivar of Lamium maculatum which is native of Europe & North America.

Lamium maculatum
Lamium is an excellent ground cover perennial for shady areas, grown largely for its spreading foliage and colorful flowers.
About This Plant
Lamium thrives in shade but will grow in sun when provided with moist soil conditions.

Goes well with: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver', Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple', Hemerocallis 'Cartwheels', Iris germanica, Sisyrinchium striatum.
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Beacon Silver Dead Nettle [English]: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
Beacon Silver Lamium [English]: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
Beacon Silver Spotted Dead Nettle [English]: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver' ...

Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter')
Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum)
Decorative Dahlia (Dahlia 'Color Spectacle')
Deep Red Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Diamond Head')
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Garden thug: Spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum)
Cultivated cousin: L. m. 'Aureum'
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Spotted Deadnettle - Lamium maculatum
Henbit Deadnettlet - Lamium amplexicaule
Herb Barbara - Barbarea vulgaris
Hogweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Holly - Ilex spp.

Lamium maculatum (dead nettle) - red-purple flowers in summer. Height 20cm (8in), spread 1m (3¼ft)
Liriope muscari - evergreen, with violet-mauve flowers in early to late autumn. Height 30cm (12in), spread 45cm (18in) ...

Several are prized ornamental garden plants (such as Lamium maculatum; spotted dead-nettle). A few have had minor usage in herbal medicine (such as Lamium album; white dead-nettle).

(Aquilegia sp.), sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata), hardy orchids (Bletilla striata and Calanthe sp.), northern sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium), robbs spurge (Euphorbia robbiae), wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), dead nettle (Lamium maculatum), ...

Lamium maculatum Spotted Dead Nettle
Marrubium incanum Silver Horehound *
Opuntia humifusa Prickly Pear
Ornamental Grasses
Phlomis fruticosa Jerusalem Sage *
Polygonatum species Solomon's Seal
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Lamium maculatum [Spotted Dead Nettle] Common Name List
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Leucanthemum × superbum [Shasta Daisy] Common Name List
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Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward' [Grace Ward Lithodora] Common Name List ...

spotted dead nettle Lamium maculatum
spotted knapweed Centaurea biebersteinii
spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
spreading hedge- parsley Torilis arvensis
spreading snake-root; hamakua pa'makani Ageratina riparia
spring draba Draba verna ...

See also: Lamium, Nettle, Pink, Green, May