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Purple dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) is a herbaceous plant with bright purple flowers. Though it is a nettle, it does not sting, hence the name "dead". Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1125 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... Genera Many, see text Ref: Delta 2002-07-22 Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, is a family of plants in about 180 genera and some 3,500 species. ... Species About 50 species, including: Lamium album (White Deadnettle) Lamium amplexicaule (Henbit Deadnettle) Lamium hybridum (Cut-leaf Deadnettle) Lamium maculatum (Spotted Deadnettle) Lamium purpureum (Red Deadnettle) The deadnettles, genus Lamium, are the type genus of the plant family Lamiaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Species See text Nettle (Urtica) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, mostly perennial herbs but some are annual and a few are shrubby. ...

The leaves are green at the bottom and shade to purplish at the top. They have wavy to serrated edges and are attached to the stem with a stalk. The plant can grow to 30 cm (12 in) in height.

In Oklahoma, it grows and blooms purple flowers before the last frosts in February and March. This allows bees to gather its nectar for food. It dies down quickly in spring when it warms up. Oklahoma is a southwestern state of the United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... Families Andrenidae Anthophoridae Apidae Colletidae Ctenoplectridae Halictidae Heterogynaidae Megachilidae Melittidae Oxaeidae Sphecidae Stenotritidae bee or bees, see bee (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology, nectar and ambrosia are the food of the gods. ...

It is also found alongside Henbit, which is easily mistaken for it since they both have similar looking leaves and similar bright purple flowers.

If you take one of the flowers, pull it off the plant and eat the end of it, it is sweet.

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Red deadnettle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (212 words)
	It is often found alongside Henbit Deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule), which is easily mistaken for it since they both have similar looking leaves and similar bright purple flowers; they can be distinguished by the stalked leaves of Red Deadnettle on the flower stem, compared to the unstalked leaves of Henbit Deadnettle.
	Though superficially similar to a nettle in appearance, it is not related and does not sting, hence the name "deadnettle".
	Outside of its native range, it is a common weed of cultivated areas; it is listed as an invasive species in some parts of North America.

Purple dead nettle - definition of Purple dead nettle in Encyclopedia (159 words)
	The purple dead nettle (Latin name: lamium purpureum) is a plant, a few inches tall, whose leaves shade from green at its bottom to purplish at its top, with bright purple flowers.
	In Oklahoma, it grows and blooms purple flowers before the last frost, in February and March, allowing bees to gather its pollen for food.
	It is also found alongside Henbit, which is easily mistaken for it, as they both have similar looking leaves and similar bright purple flowers.

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