Purple Deadnettle – FranLaff.com

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Common Name

Purple Deadnettle

Scientific Name

Lamium purpureum

More Clues to ID

Clumps of this small mint can look almost unreal, like clusters of tiny geometric towers sprayed with dusty purple paint

Look for clumps of this unmistakeable medicinal mint growing along the borders of fields and trails

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Purple Archangel (Lamium purpureum) blooming in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Learn about this species:

Purple deadnettle has a quite distinctive appearance, with its small stature, triangular leaves on square stems, and that look of being painted from the top down. In some conditions, the leaves may overlap like a tiny tower of overlapping shields.

Image Credits

Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Image details Casio EX ZR1000 Orikrin1998 CC-BY-3.0, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cole Shoemaker, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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