| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Lamioideae |
| Scientific name | Lamium purpureum L. |
| Synonyms | Lamium hybridum auct., non Villars; Lamium incisum Willdenow; Lamium purpureum L. var. incisum (Willdenow) Persoon |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hime-odoriko-sou (ヒメオドリコソウ, 姫踊子草 [meaning: dwarf dancing girls weed]) |
| (English common name) purple deadnettle, red archangel, red deadnettle | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Europe (naturalized elsewhere in temperate regions) | |
| Habitat | Roadside, farm yard, field, riverside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
| Description | Plants electing 10-30cm tall. Flowers purple (or merely white) 1cm long, flowering in March to June. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Lamium purpureum L. |
| Lamium purpureum L. | |
| Thienyloxypyridines and-pyrimidines useful as herbicidal agents (US Patent 6121202/2000) | |
| Synergistic herbicidal mixtures (US Patent 6645911/2003) | |
| Herbicide composition (US Patent 7205260/2007) | |
| 6-(poly-substituted aryl)-4-aminopicolinates and their use as herbicides (US Patent 7314849/2008) | |
| Note | naturalized plants (first recorded in 1898). |
| March 2008 at open field |
March 2008 at open field |
March 2009 at open field |