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Lamium galeobdolon (L.) L.

Aluminium plant (en), Ortie jaune (fr), Lamier Galéobdolon (fr), Lamier jaune (fr), Lamier galéobdolon (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Lamium

Characteristics

A creeping herb which keeps growing from year to year. It has runners or stolons which root at the nodes. It grows 30 cm high. It spreads 120 cm wide. It grows low to the ground. The leaves have some hairs. They are oval and have coarse teeth. The leaves are like stinging nettles but they don't have stinging hairs. The flowers are yellow with brown flecks.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread myrmecochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in damp, shady places. It suits plant hardiness zones 3-9. It is very shade tolerant.
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Woods and shady hedgerows, usually on heavier soils. Sometimes becoming locally dominant, especially after coppicing.
Light 3-7
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The young shoots and leaves are boiled and eaten or sauteed in butter. The flowers are sucked for their nectar.
Uses environmental use medicinal wood
Edible flowers leaves nectars shoots
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It spreads rapidly by vegetative growth. It rarely sets seed.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 22 - 44
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lamium galeobdolon habit picture by Sasha Piffre (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon habit picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon habit picture by Andrzej Konstantynowicz (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lamium galeobdolon leaf picture by Simon Lanier (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon leaf picture by erča (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon leaf picture by Wim Callaerts (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lamium galeobdolon flower picture by Ludek (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon flower picture by Sue Sue Stephenson-Martin (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon flower picture by Stirling Pat (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lamium galeobdolon fruit picture by Jürgen Dr. Röhrs (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon fruit picture by Eddie Toa (cc-by-sa)
Lamium galeobdolon fruit picture by yvon s (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lamium galeobdolon world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60452701-2
WFO ID wfo-0000222509
COL ID 6NVWR
BDTFX ID 37494
INPN ID 104876
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lamium galeobdolon Leonurus galeobdolon Lamium cavernianum Lamiastrum galeobdolon Galeopsis galeobdolon Galeopsis lutea Galeobdolon galeobdolon Pollichia galeobdolon Pollichia vulgaris Pollichia longicaulis

Lower taxons

Lamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamium galeobdolon subsp. flavidum Lamium galeobdolon subsp. galeobdolon Lamium galeobdolon subsp. montanum
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