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Lamium purpureum L.

red dead-nettle (Lamiaceae / Labiatae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
Very widespreadNegligible tendencySE
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Lamium purpureum is an old introduction to the British Isles and can now be found in waste ground everywhere.

Vienna, Austria; 2005-03-27

 red dead-nettle / Lamium purpureum: _Lamium purpureum_ is an old introduction to the British Isles and can now be found in waste ground everywhere.

Plants in more sun-exposed sites can become coppery coloured.

Ticino, Switzerland; 2008-05-07

 red dead-nettle / Lamium purpureum: Plants in more sun-exposed sites can become coppery coloured.

The leaves of Lamium purpureum are more shallowly lobed than those of Lamium hybridum and are all petiolate, unlike Lamium confertum.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2014-02-09

 red dead-nettle / Lamium purpureum: The leaves of _Lamium purpureum_ are more shallowly lobed than those of _Lamium hybridum_ and are all petiolate, unlike _Lamium confertum_.

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