Nederlands: Paarse dovenetel
Español: Lamio púrpura - Ortiga roja - Ortiga muerta roja
Français: Lamier pourpre
Deutsch: Purpurrote Taubnessel
Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family
Flowering time: March-December (throughout the year)
Height: 5–30cm
Altitude: to 2500m
Colour: purple-pink, red purple
Flowers: 10-18mm long, with a straight corolla-tube
Leaves: oval, blunt-toothed, stalked, fine hairs
Habitat: roadsides, waste places, cultivated land, gardens, disturbed soils
Distribution: almost everywhere in Europe
Notes: Lamium purpureum is a short-lived annual, but seeds can germinate at almost any time of the year. This means it can also produce flowers throughout the year, including in the winter. This allows bees to gather pollen and nectar from this plant when few other sources are available.
Related key words: Kralingse Bos Rotterdam, insect, Andrena haemorrhoa, bee plant, Labiatae
