Scientific Name
Lamium amplexicaule
Common Name
Henbit
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Height:
2 to 12 inches
Flower/fruit:
Two-lipped hairy lavender flowers whorled around the square stem; upper lip is concave
Flowering Season:
Spring into summer
Foliage:
Square stem; .5 to 1.5 inch opposite, scalloped and rounded leaves; lower leaves have a long stalk; upper leaves are half clasping
Site:
Lawns, pastures, cultivated fields, roadsides
Comments:
Introduced from Europe
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