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Lamium

Lamium

9.9
Low flowering plants often used to cover the ground in shady places
  • proper noun
  • /ˈleɪmiəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Lamium
  • The Lamium maculatum provides excellent ground cover with its vibrant foliage and delicate flowers.
  • Lamium maculatum
  • Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
  • Lamium maculatum 'White'

Examples

  • Lamium album, a mint family member known in England as white dead-nettle, routinely flowers throughout the winter in England.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Little bit more utility down there, but yeah, the beautiful hostas, the lamium is in full bloom right now.

  • And then I came through and planted some Golden Dreams coleus and some purple Chablis lamium around the edge there.

  • In my garden, the Lamium album blooms beautifully, attracting bees and butterflies all summer long.

  • Planting Lamium alongside other perennials can create a stunning display of color and texture.

Compounds

Lamium album
  • Specialized
9.9

A European plant in the mint family with white flowers like nettles but without stinging hairs

Lamium amplexicaule
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant in the mint family with round, toothed leaves and small purple or white flowers

Surface Forms

Lamium main

Etymology

Lamium probably comes from the old Greek name lamia, a mythic 'monster' or witch, because people thought the plant's small, hooded flowers looked like a tiny mouth or face; so the name fits these ground-cover plants with helmet-shaped blooms.