Life Span
Annual or Biennial
Annual
Type
Vegetable
Flowering Plants
Origin
Europe, Northern Africa, Asia
World/Pandemic, Europe, Asia
Types
Pascal, Golden Self-Blanching, Tall Utah, Tango
Lamium purpureum
Number of Varieties
10015
0
40000
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Habitat
Coastal Regions, Marshy ground, Wet ground
Cultivated Beds, gardens
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99994-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-3
-
Sunset Zone
-
-
Habit
Upright/Erect
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
45.70 cm10.20 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm15.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Purple, Pink
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Tan, Brown
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green
Purple, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Light Green
Purple, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Irregular
Oval to egg shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Very Fast
Type of Soil
Loam
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Late Spring
Spring, Late Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings, Transplanting
Root Division, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep ground moist, Requires regular watering
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Slightly Acidic
Soil Type
Loam
Clay, Moist, Well drained
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Moist, Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove shoots
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness, Remove deadheads
Fertilizers
Less fertilizing
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Bacteria, Downy mildew, Fungal Diseases, fungus, Mosaic viruses, Pink Root, Red blotch
-
Plant Tolerance
Frost
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Coarse
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects, Mice, Rodents, Spider Mites
-
Allergy
Irritation to stomach
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Ground Cover
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Improve skin condition, Moisturizing, Skin Problems
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for animals, Food for birds, Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cancer, Combats Stress, Eye Problems, High blood pressure, High cholestrol, Indigestion, Inflammation, Weight loss
Astringent, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Purgative, Styptic
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Oil is used in perfume, soaps, creams, etc., Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties, Used as a spice
Employed in herbal medicine, Used in Homeopathy
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable
Groundcover
Botanical Name
APIUM graveolens
LAMIUM purpureum
Common Name
Celery
Purple Archangel, Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle
In Hindi
अजवायन
Purple Deadnettle
In German
Sellerie
Lila Taubnessel
In French
Céleri
Violet Ortie blanche
In Spanish
Apio
Púrpura Deadnettle
In Greek
Σέλινο
μωβ Deadnettle
In Portuguese
Aipo
Roxo Deadnettle
In Polish
Seler
Jasnota purpurowa
In Latin
apium
Purpura Deadnettle
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Lamiales
Family
Apiaceae
Lamiaceae
Genus
Apium
Lamium
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Apieae
-
Subfamily
Apioideae
Lamioideae
Number of Species
150
1
27800
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