White dead nettle (Lamium album)

Common name: white dead nettle

Species name: Lamium album

Plant type: perennial herb

Origin: Europe and Asia, native to the UK.

Flowering period: March to December

Description: Very similar to a stinging nettle, but the leaves do not sting and are softer. The flowers are large and white. It grows in patches, mostly in hedgerows and along paths and verges.

White dead nettle, 08/01/2020

Location: common. In the SSSI they can be found in hedgerows, by gates, on banks and along the Drove.

Possible confusion: stinging nettle and red dead nettles are similar. Stinging nettles are larger, with rougher leaves that sting. Red dead nettles are the same height as white dead nettles but have dark pink flowers.