Lamiaceae
Henbit dead-nettle
Lamium amplexicaule
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Lamium
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- لاميون ملتف الساق
- arz
- لاميون ملتف الساق
- Belarusian
- Яснотка сцеблаабдымная
- Catalan
- Flor-robí, Galleret, Lamier amplexicaule, Mataporc, Ninois, Peu de gall, Peu de nostre senyor, Tinya negra
- Chinese
- 宝盖草, 寶蓋草, 宝盖菜, 抱莖葉, 接骨草, 珍珠莲, 莲台夏枯草, 野芫麻
- Czech
- Hluchavka objímavá
- Danish
- Liden Tvetand
- Dutch
- Hoenderbeet
- English
- Henbit dead-nettle, Henbit deadnettle
- Estonian
- Hõlmine iminõges
- Finnish
- Sepopeippi, Sepiväpeippi
- French
- Lamier amplexicaule, Lamier à feuilles embrassantes
- Georgian
- Ვაზისძირა
- German
- Stängelumfassende Taubnessel, Lamier amplexicaule, Stengelumfassende Taubnessel
- Greek
- Λάμιο το περίβλαστο
- Hebrew
- נזמית לופתת
- hsb
- Mała cycawka
- Hungarian
- Bársonyos árvacsalán
- Irish
- Caochneantóg chirce
- Japanese
- ホトケノザ, ほとけのざ, サンガイグサ, 三階草, 仏の座, 宝蓋草
- kab
- Ticebbubin n wakli
- Korean
- 광대나물
- Latvian
- Skaujošā panātre
- Lithuanian
- Lamier amplexicaule
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myktvetann
- Persian
- لامیوم امپلکسیکال
- Polish
- Jasnota różowa
- Portuguese
- Chupapitos, Lâmio, Lâmio-violeta, Urtiga-branca
- Romanian
- Sugel
- Slovak
- Hluchavka objímavá
- Slovenian
- Njivska mrtva kopriva
- Spanish
- Alagüeña, Chupones, Chupón, Conejito, Conejitos, Flor rubí, Gallitos, Gargantilla
- Swedish
- Mjukplister, Lamier amplexicaule
- Ukrainian
- Глуха кропива стеблеобгортна
- Welsh
- Marddanhadlen goch ddeilgron
Synonyms
- Galeobdolon amplexicaule (L.) Moench
- Lamiella amplexicaulis (L.) E.Fourn.
- Lamiopsis amplexicaulis (L.) Opiz
- Pollichia amplexicaulis (L.) Willd.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 11,023 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy Jegla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: kent ozment, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.