| Description | Spotted Nettle (Lamium maculatum) is spreading, can be an aggressive ground cover for the shaded area. This species plant has been supplanted by many newer cultivars. |
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| Pronunciation | (LAY-mi-um)(mak-uu-LAY-ta) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | shade, part sun, doesn't like full sun |
| Moisture | average to moist, doesn't like dry |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | mauve-pink hooded flowers, occasional white |
| Leaves | opposite, gray green with cream to green blotches along the mid-vein |
| Stems | square stems |
| Dimensions | 8-12 inches tall, spreading, and can be aggressive |
| Maintenance | very little, cut off old flower stalks |
| Propagation | cuttings, division |
| Native Site | Native to Europe and North America. |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Lamium Maculatum, Spotted Dead Nettle, Spotted Deadnettle, Devil's Clover, Devil's Nettle, Double Tongue, St Vincent's Nettle, Variegated Deadnettle, Lamium hirsutum |
| Author's Notes | I have never purchased and planted this plant. I am basing my observations on the cultivars that have either reverted back or seedlings of cultivars that revert back to the parent's type plant. Have seen it as labeled plants a few times at Botanical Gardens. |
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