Henbit Dead Nettle
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Botanical Name |
Lamium amplexicaule |
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Habitat |
Waste ground. |
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Description |
Hairy annual up to 30cm/12in high with square green/red stem. Leaves rounded bluntly toothed top leaves partly clasping stem. Flowers pink/purple in whorls March – October |
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Harvesting |
When the flowers are out |
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Culinary Uses |
Cooked |
Red Dead Nettle
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Botanical Name |
Lamium purpureum |
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Habitat |
Garden weed |
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Description |
Purple tinged annual. 10-40cm/4-16in tall. Leaves in pairs, heart shaped, toothed, pointed. Flowers pink/purple in whorls can flower all year round if mild |
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Harvesting |
When the flowers are out |
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Culinary Uses |
Cooked |
White -Dead Nettle
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Botanical Name |
Lamium album |
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Family |
Lamiaceae |
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Other Names |
White archangel |
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Habitat |
Roadsides, hedges, waste ground. |
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Description |
Hairy patch forming perennial with square stem up to 60cm/24in. Leaves in pairs, triangular, pointed, coarsely toothed. Flowers creamy/white whorls, un-stalked March - November |
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Native to |
Europe |
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Parts Used |
Herb |
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Harvesting |
When the flowers are out |
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Actions |
Astringent, haemostatic |
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Constituents |
Phenylpropanoids – lamalboside, acteoside. Iridoids –albosides A and B, lamalbide, caryoptoside. Tannins –catechins. Amines – histamine, tyramine, choline, methylamine. Flavonoids –tiliroside, quercetin, rutoside. Triterpene saponins. Chlorogenic and rosmarinic acids. Alkaloid - lamiine |
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Culinary Uses |
Cooked |