Rabu, 16 Juni 2010

The white dead nettle

The white dead nettle (Lamium album) belongs to the family of the mint family (Lamiaceae). It has, in contrast to no nettle stinging hairs and is not directly related to her. The similarity of leaf shape to the nettle, however, the genus name of the German part of "nettle" introduced.

The white dead nettle is a perennial, herbaceous plant, 20-70 centimeters in height achieved. On the square stem kreuzgegenständig are sawn and stalked leaves.

The white dead nettle flowers from April to October. The white flowers have two lips, the upper lip is covered with hair. As with all Lamiaceae is the lower petal of an ideal landing place for pollinating insects dar. in the corolla tube, you can see a hair ring, which protects the nectar.

Distribution and habitat
The White Dead Nettle is distributed throughout Europe and North Asia. The hardy nettles growing on the road and meadow edge and in ditches, hedges and dumps. It grows especially on stickstoffreichem ground.

After Ellen Berg is the way a Halblichtpflanze, a Frischezeiger, increasing to over nitrogen-rich sites and a Velcro Verbandscharakterart the corridors (Arction lappa).

Like the Red Dead Nettle, Spotted Dead Nettle, and the gold basin, the White Dead Nettle is considered an important nectar and pollen for honey bees. The pollination takes place, but mainly by bumblebees, which take better account of their long proboscis to the low-lying nectar of the flower.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Taubnessel
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