Spotted Dead-Nettle
Lamium maculatum
- Flowering period
- April–September
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gut
Spotted Dead-Nettle flowers from April to September and is thus one of the most enduring herbaceous flows of all. Nectar and pollen value are both rated good. It grows on fresh, nutrient-rich, humus-rich loam soils under hedges, along roadsides and in gardens, including in shade. Because of the deep flower tube, mainly long-tongued bees and bumblebees reach the nectar well.
Sources (3)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Taubnessel
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments