Lamium hybridum, an
originating-in-Europe perennial, occurs on roadsides or in
cultivated fields. Stems, with a cross-section of a square, branch
well at bases, stand erect or diagonally upward, and grow to as tall
as 30cm. Leaves are opposite, broadly ovate, and heart-shaped at
headquarters, with sharp serrations cut in anew. Blades are somewhat
crepey with sparse hair and long petioles on the stem's lower part
leaves. Close to stem top portions bear inflorescences and set about
1.5cm light red-purple labiate flowers; corollas comprise upper and
lower, and tubular parts rise, with long, dense hairs. Bloom time:
April-May. |