Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Lamium// Species: Lamium purpureum L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1972) and Kostadinovski in Matevski (2021).
Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Mediterrranean, Europe to West Siberia according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in diverse habitats- grassland, rocky terrains, edges of forests, shrubland, disturbed ground, cultivated land, orchards, gardens, wasteland, roadsides, in and near settlements.
Flowering period: (Late winter-) spring: (FEB-) MAR, APR, MAY.
Lamium purpureum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – verticillasters with flowers and bracts. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – verticillasters with flowers and bracts. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – verticillasters with flowers and bracts. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – bracts. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – bract. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – abaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Lamium purpureum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – flowering stem with verticillasters. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – flowering stem with verticillasters and leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – verticillasters with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Lamium purpureum – verticillasters with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 30.03.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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.
Lamium L. Kostadinovski, M. in Matevski, V. The Flora of the RN Macedonia. Vol II, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 251 – 264.
