Lamium amplexicaule, a 10-30cm-in-height biennial found
in fields or roadsides, with leaves of opposite phyllotaxis, 1-2cm
long fan-shaped orbicular with obtuse serrations on margins. About
2cm long, red-purple ligulate flowers set themselves thickly on the
stem's upper axils; among those flowers mingling many cleistogamous
ones, smaller than the normals, that fruit staying the state of
buds. The flowers are magenta, flecked with darker spots. Bloom
time: March-June. |