Lamiaceae

White dead-nettle

Lamium album L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lamium

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

White dead-nettle (Lamium album) — FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (59)

Arabic: لاميون أبيض, انجرة بيضاء, حرف أبيض, حشيشة الملاك, قراص كاذب, قريص أبيض, قريص الدجاج, لاميوم أبيض
Armenian: Խուլ եղինջ սպիտակ
arz: لاميون ابيض
Asturian: Ortiga blanca
azb: دالاماز گیجیتکان
Azerbaijani: Ağ dalamaz
ba: Һуҡыр кесерткән
Belarusian: Яснотка белая, Белая крапіва, Глухая крапіва, Мядоўнік, Шанта, Яснотка
Bulgarian: Бяла мъртва коприва
Catalan: Ortiga morta, Ortie blanche, Ortiga blanca
Chinese: 短柄野芝麻, 独一味, 白花野芝麻, 野芝麻
csb: Biôłô głëszka
cv: Суккăр вĕлтĕрен
Czech: Hluchavka bílá, Hluchá kopřiva, Medulka, Medunica, Mrtvá kopřiva, Mrtvá žihlava, Mrtvá žíhlava, Planá bazilika
Danish: Døvnælde
dsb: Běła tupa kopśiwa
Dutch: Witte dovenetel
English: White dead-nettle, White deadnettle
Estonian: Valge iminõges
Finnish: Valkopeippi
French: Lamier blanc, Ortie blanche, Ortie à fleurs blanches, Orties a fleurs blanches
Georgian: Ჭინჭრისდედა
German: Weisse Taubnessel, Ortie blanche, Weiße Taubnessel
Guarani: Pyno
gv: Ard-firryn bane, Ard-firrin bane
hsb: Běła cycawka
Hungarian: Fehér árvacsalán
Icelandic: Ljósatvítönn
Irish: Teanga mhín
Italian: Falsa ortica bianca
Japanese: オドリコソウ, 踊子草
Kazakh: Ақ тауқалақай
Korean: 왜광대수염
kw: Koog linasen wynn
Latvian: Baltā panātre
Lithuanian: Baltažiedė notrelė, Ortie blanche
Macedonian: Бела коприва
myv: А пидиця ашо пиципалакс
mzn: وسنی گزنه
Norwegian Bokmål: Dauvnesle
os: Къуырма пысыра
pcd: Eurtie blanque
Persian: گزنه سفید
Polish: Jasnota biała
Portuguese: Urtiga-branca
Romanian: Urzică moartă albă, Urzica moartă albă, Urzică moartă
Russian: Яснотка белая, Глухая крапива, Крапива глухая
sgs: Baltnuotrīnė
Slovak: Hluchavka biela
Slovenian: Bela mrtva kopriva
Spanish: Lamio blanco, Ortiga blanca, Ortiga muerta blanca
stq: Suugerke, Bjüüte
Swedish: Vitplister, Ortie blanche
Turkish: Beyaz ballıbaba, Ak ballıbaba, Akısırgan
Ukrainian: Глуха кропива біла
vep: Vauged sihlaine
Vietnamese: Dã chi ma trắng
Walloon: Blanke kixhåde
Welsh: Marddanhadlen wen

Synonyms

Lamium vulgatum Benth.
Lamium vulgatum var. album (L.) Benth.

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 11,873 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kai Löhr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christine Rampon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Victor Heng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Peter Eriksen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Katya from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cristian Bortes www.eyeem.com/bortescristian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.