Lamium purpureum var. hybridum (Vill.) Vill.

Annual herb with slightly hairy, ascending stems. Petioles slender, to at least 4 cm long. Lamina 1.5–4 × 2–5 cm (infl. lvs often smaller), broad-ovate or almost reniform, irregularly and deeply dentate or crenate, hairy; base cordate or subcordate. Bracts similar to lvs but petiole short and lamina to 3.5 × 5 cm. Calyx 8–10 mm long, hairy; teeth = tube, subulate, prominently ciliate. Corolla 11–15 mm long, purplish; tube with at most an inconspicuous basal ring of hairs inside; upper lip 3–4 mm long, tomentose outside; lower lip c. 2 mm long, deeply emarginate. Nutlets c. 2.5 mm long, patterned white, sharply angled.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Lamium hybridum Vill.]

Flowering: Jun.–Dec.