Galeopsis tetrahit – Common Hemp-nettle
Common hemp-nettle is a square stemmed, coarsely hairy annual with a pungent smell and purple-pink flowers marked with dark blotches on the lower lip. Best separated from similar looking dead-nettles and woundworts by the swelling of the stem just below the leaf node. Flowers from July to September.
Type | Seeds per gram | Origin | Ordering |
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Grassland annual | 600 | Breconshire | Currently unavailable |
Habitat Information
Common hemp-nettle is a native annual that can be found in two types of habitat; disturbed, open ground (particularly as a weed of broad leaved crops) and closed, moist and shaded sites such as woodland clearings, ditches, river banks and verges. Like most other British annuals Common hemp-nettle requires regular soil disturbance if it is to persist.
Growing Information
Best sown in the autumn as the seed requires a period of chilling to break dormancy.
Species currently unavailable or of restricted availability
Sorry, this species is currently unavailable to order as a single item as we have no stock. For more information please see availability note above.
Prices
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£/100g | - |
£/10g | £4.00 |
£/1g | £2.00 |