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Purple deadnettle

Lamium purpureum

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

Young plants have edible tops and leaves, good in salads or in stir fry as a spring vegetable. If finely chopped, it can also be used in sauces, but there is little to recommend about its flavor.

Habitat:

Mason Farm Biological Reserve

Reference Links:

Lamium purpureum, US Wildflower - Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel - Lamium pu…

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Spotted for Missions

Flowers of the Southeastern United States
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Flowers of North America
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Edible and Useful Plants of the East
Mission
Mason Farm Biological Reserve

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PublishedMarch 31, 2013

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