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Lamium purpureum
Flowers are red to purple. It grows to 5–20 cm in height. The leaves have fine hairs, are green at the bottom and purplish at the top; they are 2–4 cm long and broad, with a 1–2 cm long stalk.
meadows or along roadsides.
The top of young plants are edible.
Spotted on Mar 28, 2012
Submitted on Mar 28, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Laura! I found these around the house, too. They were forming a nice carpet there.
Cool photos, Meik! I have been seeing a lot of these pop up around my house too, I should get some snaps as they're quite beautiful little flowers! Nice series :)