Common Name: red deadnettle, purple deadnettleScientific Name: Lamium purpureum L.Family Name: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) - Mint FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced winter annual, reproducing by seed Stems low growing, upright during flowering, branched, square Leavesopposite, hairy, lower ovate to heart-shaped; upper more triangular, often purplish-red, downward drooping; all leaves rounded or pointed toothed, short petioles Flowers reddish pink to purple, two-lipped tubular, whorled 3 to 6; axillary above