Lamium purpureum (red deadnettle, hybrid deadnettle, red archangel)
description: summer annual
place of origin: winter annual
urban habitat:commonly found in lawns, parks, gardens, along roadsides, in waste areas; tolerates a wide variety of soil types.
ecological function: disturbance-adapted colonizer; food for bees.
history: The leaves of Lamium purpureum are edible and nutritious, consumed as a vegetable or used as an herb. The plant also has medicinal uses, as an astringent, diuretic, laxative, and used to arrest hemorrhaging, and to induce vomiting and perspiration.
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description: summer annual
place of origin: winter annual
urban habitat:commonly found in lawns, parks, gardens, along roadsides, in waste areas; tolerates a wide variety of soil types.
ecological function: disturbance-adapted colonizer; food for bees.
history: The leaves of Lamium purpureum are edible and nutritious, consumed as a vegetable or used as an herb. The plant also has medicinal uses, as an astringent, diuretic, laxative, and used to arrest hemorrhaging, and to induce vomiting and perspiration.
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