Yellow Archangel Lamium galeobdolon

Scientific Name: Lamium galeobdolon (Lamiaceae).

English Name: Yellow Archangel; Artillery Plant; Aluminium Plant; Yellow Dead-nettle (Mint family).

French Name: Lamier jaune (='yellow dead-nettle'); Ortie jaune (='yellow nettle').

5 Key Characters:

• square stemmed.
• butter yellow hooded tube flowers (2cm long) which sit in whorls around the stems.
• long oval dark green leaves with a pointed tip and toothed edges.
• 40-80cm high.
• favours damp shady places.
  

Lookalikes:

Habitat: Hedges and woods.


Flowering Period: April-May-June.


Status: Widely cultivated (cultivars tend to have larger flowers and variegated leaves). Widely distributed, but uncommon in the wild now.

Photographed by Loire Valley Nature: