Galeopsis speciosa
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Galeopsis speciosa Mill. (syn. G. versicolor Curtis; Large-flowered Hemp-nettle) is a species of annual
herbaceous
plants in the family Lamiaceae
. It is a widespread weed and is used as a medicinal herb.
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
herbaceous
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plants in the family Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
. It is a widespread weed and is used as a medicinal herb.