Lamium amplexicaule L. subsp. amplexicaule

Spice Flower In the field

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Lamium

Catalan common name: Floruví. Ninois. Tinya negra.

Spanish common name: Ortiga muerta.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields.

Characteristics: An annual cycle herbaceous plant, individuals often found clumped together, giving a reddish colour to the fields and walkway borders where it lives. Can be identified by its rounded leaves, more wide than long, clearly opposite; the bracts resemble small casserole pans that surround the flowers. The flower tube is very long, purple and ends in two very open labia.