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Lamium amplexicaule

Wanganui. Aug 2007.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Sep 2007.<br>Photographer: Ian Bell, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Lamium amplexicaule.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

henbit

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Lamiaceae

Authority

Lamium amplexicaule L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1880

Origin

Eurasia, N. Africa

Other information

Etymology

amplexicaule: From the Latin amplexus ‘clasped’ and caulis ‘stem’ or ‘stalk’, meaning stem-clasping

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

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