Category: Plants
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Description Purple Deadnettle is a naturalized herbaceous annual from Europe and Asia which blooms early in the year and is generally considered a weed. Lamium purpurem was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in the genus Lamium (see attached PDF). L. purpurem consists of square stems 2 to 8 inches in length with leaves…
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Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica), is a low growing annual generally found in moist shady soil though it can be found in dry, sandy or rocky soils. Veronica persica is native to Eurasia but has naturalized throughout North America. During the cool weather of late winter/early spring most of the vegetative growth will occur with flowers…