Lamium galeobdolon
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Lamium galeobdolon (gah-lay-OB-dough-lon), the yellow archangel, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia but it is widely introduced in North America and elsewhere. It is the only species in the genus Lamium with yellow flowers. Another common name for this species is golden dead-nettle. In New Zealand, it is called the aluminium plant or artillery plant. The common names archangel and dead-nettle have been in use for hundreds of years, dating back to at least the 16th century.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Lamium |
Species: | L. galeobdolon |
Binomial name | |
Lamium galeobdolon | |
Synonyms[2][3][4][5][6] | |
Lamium galeobdolon
L. g. subsp. argentatum
L. g. subsp. flavidum
L. g. subsp. galeobdolon
L. g. subsp. montanum
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Lamium galeobdolon consists of four closely-related subspecies, one of which is the variegated yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatum), an invasive subspecies in several European countries. Lamium galeobdolon is also invasive in New Zealand, Canada, and the United States, but in those countries the subspecies is unknown.