Giraffe's head / خوذية / رأس الهر /

Henbit Deadnettle /

Lamium amplexicaule L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Stems
Preparation
  • Cooked
Blooming period
January to April
Foraging period
January to March
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Lamium L.
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q159008
GBIF Item
Lamium amplexicaule L. (2926679)

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Natures Restaurant. Lamium (2022, February 13).
  3. Lamium amplexicaule L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Lamium amplexicaule L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/730 accessed via barari.org on 6/23/2025.

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