Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time May – November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Mircoreticulate

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 31

Shape Triangular

Pollen Color Orange, Red

Pollen Load Identification 

Honey bee foragers collecting Lamium purpureum will typically also have a pollen dusting on their head and antennae.

Lamium spp. are valuable for brood building. All members of the mint family are attractive to bees.

Source

Hodges, D. (1952). The pollen loads of the honey bee: a guide to their identification by colour and form. London: Bee Research Assoc. Ltd.

Sammataro, D. and Harman, A. (2013). “Major Flowers Important to Honey Bees in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States”. AlphaGraphics, Tucson, AZ.