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Common name

English: Silver Nettle Vine

German: Silberblättrige Goldnessel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        Family: Lamiaceae (97)(family description)

          Genus: Lamium (7)

            Epithet: galeobdolon (L.) Crantz (2)

              Subspecies: argentatum (Smejkal) J.Duvign.

galeobdolon => greek for Lamiastrum galeobdolon probably from 'galee' for 'weasel', and 'bdolon' for 'an unpleasant smell'

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Lamium galeobdolon at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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