Life Span
Annual
Annual and Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Aquatics
Origin
World/Pandemic, Europe, Asia
World/Pandemic
Types
Lamium purpureum
Utricularia graminifolia, Utricularia vulgaris, Utricularia gibba
Number of Varieties
15220
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, gardens
Lakes, stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-8-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
-
21,22
Habit
Spreading
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.20 cm10.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
15.20 cm5.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Purple, Pink
Yellow, Purple, Lavender
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Purple, Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Purple, Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oval to egg shaped
Orbicular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
-
Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Root Division, Seedlings
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Requires 4 to 8 inches of water above the soil line
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Moist, Well drained
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Moist, Well drained
-
Sun Exposure
Partial shade
Full Sun
Pruning
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness, Remove deadheads
Cut away fading foliage, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
hair algae
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Wet Site
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Insects
Allergy
-
Avoid during Pregnancy
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Astringent, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Purgative, Styptic
Diuretic, Vulnerary
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Leaves, Root
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Used in Homeopathy
Food for animals, Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Groundcover
Bog Garden, Container, Water Gardens, Wildflower
Botanical Name
LAMIUM purpureum
UTRICULARIA
Common Name
Purple Archangel, Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle
Bladderwort
In Hindi
Purple Deadnettle
Bladderwort plant
In German
Lila Taubnessel
bladderwort Pflanze
In French
Violet Ortie blanche
plante Bladderwort
In Spanish
Púrpura Deadnettle
planta bladderwort
In Greek
μωβ Deadnettle
φυτό υδρόβιο φυτό
In Portuguese
Roxo Deadnettle
planta bladderwort
In Polish
Jasnota purpurowa
Bladderwort roślin
In Latin
Purpura Deadnettle
bladderwort herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Scrophulariales
Family
Lamiaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Lamium
Utricularia
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Lamioideae
Pitcairnioideae
Number of Species
50220
1
27800
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