Red dead-nettle  (Lamium purpureum)

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Range

This dead-nettle is common throughout much of the British Isles, to altitudes of 610 meters (2). It appears to have declined in Scotland, possibly as a result of a reduction in marginal arable land (3). Elsewhere, red dead-nettle is found in most of Europe, but is absent from many of the Mediterranean islands and is restricted to mountains in the more southerly areas (2).

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

Found in waste ground, cultivated land, hedgerows, gardens, rough grassland and on railway and road verges (3).

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