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Bayer Code : gaesp

Scientific name: Galeopsis speciosa Miller


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Galeopsis sulfurea Jordon, Galeopsis versicolor Curtis

Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: large-flowered hemp-nettle

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Bunter Hohlzahn ; FR : galéopsis à fleurs variées ; IT : canapetta screziata ; EN : large-flowered hemp-nettle ;

Biological type: Annual


Seedling snapshot Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons round oval, auriculate, emarginate at the petiole, rounded tip; petiole with 2 lines of hairs.

- Foliage leaves ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, softly hairy on both surfaces, petiolate ; margin with 5-10 large, usually rounded teeth on both sides.


Adult plant:

- Height: 20-100 cm.

- Stem upright, thickened and bristly on the nodes, otherwise usually glabrous.

- Foliage leaves ovate to lanceolate, up to 12 cm long, softly hairy, regularly dentate, opposite.

- Flower : born in the axils of bracts, large (corolla tube 25-40 mm long), multi-coloured with a light-to sulphuryellow ground shade; middle lobe of the lower lip dark violet; corolla tube usually 2-3times longer than calyx.

- Not to be confused with the other Galeopsis species.

- Biological type: annual

Mistake with: Galeopsis


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