Lamium orvala

Common names: Balm-leaved Archangel, Dead-nettle

Genus: Lamium

Species: Lamium orvala

Class: Didynamia

Order: Gymnospermia

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Lamium

Modern Species: Lamium orvala

Modern Family: Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: red to purple

Season: "Flowers with us (in England) about the latter end of April."

Native Region: "It grows spontaneously in toe the woods of Italy and Hungary."

Artist: S. Edwards