Flowers Growing at our Home

Red Henbit (Purple dead-nettle)

Lamium purpureum Locally common, all spring and summer, annual, 4-11 in. Decumbent to erect, hairy to smooth. Square stems are branched from base. Leaves opposite, middle and upper with short petioles, round to egg-shaped, with heart-shaped base, toothed. Flowers under leaves, upper lip hood-shaped., lower lip with 3 small lobes. Pink to purple, often with spots. Grows in disturbed soils, meadows, gardens, at low elevations.