Lamium garganicum   Large Red Dead-nettle

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This large dead nettle was in some ways similar to our British Red Dead-nettle but many times the size hence its other colloquial name Giant Dead-nettle. It was fairly common in this part of Italy both as a wayside and as a woodland plant.

Lamium garganicum

Lamium garganicum Large Red Dead-nettle

Cliffs near Monte St. Angelo, Gargano, Italy, 23rd April 2009

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Lamium garganicum

LHS: Bosco Quarto Forest, 20th April 2009 RHS: Cliffs near Monte St. Angelo, Gargano, Italy, 23rd April 2009

Added on March 13th 2010

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