Photographs: Co. Cork

Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Caochneantóg dhearg Family: Lamiaceae Flowering: March-October. Annual. Native. Reddish-purple flowers with purplish bracts and a line of hairs at base of tube. Stalked leaves, crenate or with blunt regular teeth. An erect and slightly downy plant, branched from base and often with a purplish tinge to stem and leaves. Height: 10-30cm. Frequent on wasteland, fields, banks, roadsides. Similar: Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, L. hybridum. Leaves deeply and irregularly toothed. Introduced.

Red Dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum, Neantóg chaoch dhearg