"Purple" Deadnettle

So I thought about what you said. It was helpful to have the additional information about the environment around this plant. I also did a brief search for Purple Deadnettle with white flowers. The white flowers seem to happen occasionally. It is probably a natural genetic variant (maybe a recessive gene). I think you are correct with the ID of Lamium purpureum. Lamium album grows differently. I must have been tired or something when I looked at the pictures. Your plant clearly looks like Lamium purpureum. Sorry about the confusion! Here are a couple I found with white flowers like yours: http://www.aphotoflora.com/d_lamium_purpureum_red_dead_nettle.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/koujituji/8334619516/ This would be a good addition to the Rare Color Morphs mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7970027 Thanks so much for sharing this rare beauty! You better believe I will be looking extra closely at the Purple Deadnettle around here for white flowers now. Haha!

I just took a look and compared yours to mine and discovered why yours may be white. I think yours is actually a White Deadnettle, Lamium album. The flower arrangement are slightly different and the leaves are also a bit less hairy and a different color. http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lamium+album http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LAAL Here is the link to my Purple Deadnettle: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21602086 You can see the similarities but also the differences.

I haven't seen any with white flowers yet. Nice find!