Lamiaceae FAMILY
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium amplexicaule
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lamium amplexicaule is an annual plant with ascending branches from the base; it can grow around 5 - 25cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - almost throughout the temperate regions escluding Mongolia, northern China and Russian Far East. N. Africa - Morocco to Egypt and Ethiopia
HabitatCultivated soil, usually on light dry soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Roadsides, forest margins, marshes, sometimes a weed in fields; at elevations from near sea level to 4,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].