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Yellow archangel

Lamium galeobdolon

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Field Notes

Description:

The Yellow archangel is a European wildflower belonging to the family Lamiaceae. The flowers are yellow and grouped in crowns along a square, hairy stem, and the leaves are opposite.

Habitat:

Shady and moist forest spot, alt. 1600 m.

Notes:

Despite its common name of "yellow nettle" in French ("ortie jaune"), this is not a nettle (genus Urtica ); it does not even sting.

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Comments (2)

Lamium flowers are small but they're always so beautiful when you can see the detail. Nice spot D.

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