Lamiaceae
Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Lamium
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- لاميون أبقع, حرف, لوقاس
- Armenian
- Խուլ եղինջ բծավոր
- arz
- لاميون ابقع
- Asturian
- Calzón d'ortiga muerta, Chupamiel, Ortiga mansa, Ortiga muerta, Ortigón, Paxarín
- Basque
- Asun borta
- Belarusian
- Яснотка плямістая
- Bulgarian
- Петниста мъртва коприва
- Chinese
- 紫花野芝麻, 甘肃紫花野芝麻
- Czech
- Hluchavka skvrnitá
- dsb
- Flakata tupa kopśiwa
- Dutch
- Gevlekte dovenetel, Gestreepte dovenetel
- English
- Spotted henbit, Spotted dead-nettle
- Estonian
- Täpiline iminõges
- Finnish
- Hopeatäpläpeippi, Täpläpeippi
- French
- Lamier maculé, Lamier tacheté
- Galician
- Zugamel, Chuchamel, Chupamel, Estruga morta, Labio maculado, Ortiga morta
- German
- Gefleckte Taubnessel
- gv
- Ard-firryn breck, Ard-firrin breck
- hsb
- Płótna cycawka
- Hungarian
- Foltos árvacsalán
- Latvian
- Plankumainā panātre
- Lithuanian
- Dėmėtoji notrelė
- Malayalam
- ലാമിയം മാകുലേറ്റം, സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ഡെഡ് നെറ്റിൽ,സ്പോട്ടെഡ് ഹെൻബിറ്റ്,പർപ്പിൾ ഡ്രാഗൺ
- myv
- А пидиця мазы пиципалакс
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flekktvetann
- Polish
- Jasnota plamista
- Romanian
- Urzică moartă
- Russian
- Яснотка крапчатая
- Slovak
- Hluchavka škvrnitá
- Slovenian
- Lisasta mrtva kopriva
- Swedish
- Rosenplister
- Ukrainian
- Глуха кропива плямиста
- Welsh
- Marddanhadlen fraith
Synonyms
- Lamium affine Guss. & Ten.
- Lamium album var. maculatum L.
- Lamium cardiaca Cogn.
- Lamium columnae Ten.
- Lamium columnae var. glabratum Ten.
- Lamium columnae var. pubescens Ten.
- Lamium cupreum Schott
- Lamium cupreum subsp. dilatatum (Schur) Nyman
- Lamium cupreum var. dilatatum Schur
- Lamium elegantissimum Schur
- Lamium foliosum Crantz
- Lamium grandiflorum Willd. ex Benth.
- Lamium grenieri Mutel
- Lamium gundelsheimeri K.Koch
- Lamium hirsutum Lam.
- Lamium laevigatum L.
- Lamium laevigatum var. glabratum Ten.
- Lamium laevigatum var. minor Ten.
- Lamium laevigatum var. pubescens Ten.
- Lamium maculatum f. albiflorum F.Gérard
- Lamium maculatum f. alpinum (Heuff.) Hayek
- Lamium maculatum f. brevidens Beck
- Lamium maculatum f. dimorphum Merino
- Lamium maculatum f. echinatum (Griseb.) Hayek
- Lamium maculatum f. fasciatum Gaudin
- Lamium maculatum f. glabratum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Cout.
- Lamium maculatum f. lacteum (Wallr.) Kuntze
- Lamium maculatum f. longearistatum (Nejceff) Hayek
- Lamium maculatum f. macrophyllum (Gaudin) Soó
- Lamium maculatum f. pallidiflorum (Beck) Hayek
- Lamium maculatum f. rhombifolium (Beck) Soó
- Lamium maculatum f. roseum Fiori
- Lamium maculatum f. subalpinum (Beck) Soó
- Lamium maculatum f. tenoreanum (Bég.) Fiori
- Lamium maculatum f. trilobum J.T.Jansen
- Lamium maculatum lus. crenatum (Peterm.) Soó
- Lamium maculatum lus. lacteum (Wallr.) Soó
- Lamium maculatum lus. pallidiflorum (Beck) Soó
- Lamium maculatum prol. hirsutum (Lam.) Rouy
- Lamium maculatum prol. rubrum Rouy
and 45 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June (from 8,579 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: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Keith Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Stiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tomasz Kuran aka Meteor2017, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: communityluke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.