Lamium maculatum
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Lamiaceae›Lamium›Lamium maculatum
Ecology
This rhizomatous or stoloniferous perennial herb is naturalised on rough ground, rubbish tips, roadsides and waste places, usually close to habitation. Generally lowland, but recorded at 490 m above Garrigill (Cumberland).
Status
Neophyte
Trends
This species was introduced into cultivation from Italy in 1683, and recorded in the wild by about 1730. It is still widely grown as a garden plant. It is certainly increasing in many areas.
World Distribution
A European Temperate species, absent as a native from much of W. Europe.
© G. Toone, IWNHAS
Sandown
© G. Toone, IWNHAS
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 5
Moisture (Ellenberg): 6
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 8
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.6
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.4
Annual Precipitation (mm): 869
Height (cm): 35
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Extensively creeping and rooting at nodes
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 923
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 15
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 1
Weighted Changed Factor: 59
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
34
JNCC Designations
NHMSYS0000460084