Dead Nettle (Lamium), a genus of Labiatae. L. purpureum and L. album, together with (Gale- opsis) the closely allied Hemp-nettle, are very common British weeds.
(Lamium album).
The commoner species have been somewhat thoroughly naturalised in the long-settled parts of the United States. They are sometimes boiled as pot-herbs in Sweden. The name seems derived from the superficial resemblance to the true or stinging nettles; this is especially marked in L. album.