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lamium

[ ley-mee-uhm ]

noun

  1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, some species of which have whitish or variegated leaves and are cultivated as ornamentals or ground cover.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lamium1

< New Latin (Linnaeus); Late Latin (Pliny): dead nettle, perhaps derivative of lamia lamia
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The team used two distantly related eudicot plant species that produce benzoxazinoids for the studies: the golden dead-nettle Lamium galebodolon, which is found in sparse forests and forest edges on nutrient-rich soils in Europe, and the zebra plant Aphelandra squarrosa, a popular houseplant.

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In one corner of the garden, I have inherited someone else’s confection, a strange but effective mix of lily of the valley, lamium and golden creeping Jenny.

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Or try a shade pot with vivid white or red cyclamen in the center, surrounded by dusty miller and the dainty-flowered lamium.

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Lamium purpureum insert— L. intermèdium, Fries.

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Known in Latin as Lamium purpureum and alternately in English as red dead nettle and purple archangel, the plant is native to Europe and Western Asia.

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