Family: mint family (Lamiaceae)
Flowering time: April–October
Size: 20–60 cm
Habitat: bright forests, forest edges, hedgerows, old walls and ruderal habitats
The erect stem of spotted dead-nettle (Lamium maculatum) is four-angled. The stem, covered with protruding hairs, has a distinct odor. Petioled, triangular-ovate leaves with a heart-shaped base are arranged opposite. The leaf blade margin is doubly serrate. Along the center of its leaves often runs a whitish stripe. Pink to scarlet-red bilabiate flowers develop in racemes in the leaf axils of the upper stem leaves. The white lower lip of the flower is speckled with scarlet spots. The flower is 2–3 cm long.
Spotted dead-nettle thrives on nutrient-rich soils and is a common and widely distributed species in Slovenia.
