Lamium maculatum L.

NZOR Identifier: b5580595-f61a-47df-92f4-3d7445c9e0ab

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 4d3f7691-f4bf-4c10-b98d-884f4958dd7d)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
subphylum
Spermatophytina
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Lamiales
family
Labiatae
genus
Lamium
species
Lamium maculatum L.

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
ISO Country
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Terrestrial
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Exotic
In Use
True

Scientific Name

Authority
L.
Rank
species
Nomenclatural Comment
It superficially resembles aluminium plant but grows much less rampantly and therefore is less likely to run wild. Perennial creeping herb with ovate, hairy lvs with a small to large, median silvery blotch (midrib area green in Galeobdolon); bracts similar to lvs; corolla c. 25 mm long, pink or purplish; upper lip c. 10 mm long, suborbicular; lateral lobes of lower lip very small, subulate. (Europe, 1880).
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
fbd188e5-d6aa-4419-af22-88baaa9f9a91
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Lamium (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
4d3f7691-f4bf-4c10-b98d-884f4958dd7d
According to
Webb, C. J.; Sykes, W. R.; Garnock-Jones, P. J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Christchurch, New Zealand, Botany Division, D.S.I.R.
Preferred Name
Lamium maculatum L. (In use by NZOR) }

Subordinate Taxon Concept

Full Name
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
According To
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
Spotted dead nettle
Name Id
34ddb5da-a15c-4741-869b-70797ec1a8a9
According To
Nicol, E. R. 1997: Common Names of Plants in New Zealand. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press.

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