White Dead-nettle
White Dead-nettle - Lamium album
Short to medium, faintly aromatic and patch forming plant. Stoloniferous, stems spreading to erect. Leaves heart shaped to oval, toothed and stalked. Flowers white 20 to 25 mm long the corolla tube curved near the base. The upper lip is very hairy, the lower lip with 2-3 small teeth.
Grassy habitats, hedgerows, roadside verges.
April to November.
Perennial.
Very common throughout most of Britain, but scarcer in northern Scotland and parts of Wales and Ireland.
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 601 of the 617 tetrads.
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5031 9289 (taken 18.10.2006)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
18 October 2006
Barbara Cooper
Grantham canal
19 May 2013
Ron.stevens
Broughton Astley
15 May 2011
CAPochin
Kimberley Road Allotments
18 March 2021
White Dead-nettle
Fran Marsland
Broughton Astley
17 July 2012
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
07 October 2018
Graham Calow
Thurlaston, Desford Road (North)
22 June 2020
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5031 9289 (taken 18.10.2006)..JPG)
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Agromyza flavipennis
The larvae of the Agromyzid fly Agromyza flavipennis mine the leaves of Lamium species such as White Dead-nettle as well as Yellow Archangel and Ground-ivy, creating a large pale blotch at the edge of the leaf.
Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) labiatarum
The larva of the Agromyzif fly Amauromyza labiatarum mines the leaves of various plants including Dead-nettles and Woundworts, producing a mine with a narrow gallery leading to a largish blotch on the upper surface. Frass is green and indistinct in the gallery - small grains may be seen at the gallery edge.