Lamium maculatum (L.) L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Lamium// Species: Lamium maculatum (L.) L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1972).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Europe, West Asia and East Asia – parts of China according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Found generally in wet conditions – moist soils, near streams and rivers, in shaded positions.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Lamium maculatum – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowering stem. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – vertcillasters. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – lower part of plant. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 25.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – habit during vegetative stage. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowering stem with verticilasters. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.    
Lamium maculatum – verticilaster. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.    
Lamium maculatum – verticilaster. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.    
Lamium maculatum – leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.    
Lamium maculatum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowering stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – flowering stems with developing verticilasters. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – verticilaster with flowers . Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – verticilaster with flowers . Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lamium maculatum – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 01.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Lamium maculatum (L.) L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:448886-1 [Accessed 01. 04.2021]

Lamium L. Ball, P.W. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 147 – 148.

The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Lamium%20maculatum&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 01.04.2021].

The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/987bfe5e-a22e-4dad-8c7a-a166f760075b [Accessed 08.01.2023].

Last update: 08.01.2023.

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