Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Bifid Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis bifida, Ga búi
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Bifid Hemp-nettle
Galeopsis bifida
Ga búi
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: July-October. Annual. Probably introduced.

Small 2-lipped pink-purple, mauve or white flowers with dark markings on the notched lower lip. The toothed, stalked and hairy leaves are oval-lanceolate. A much-branched hairy plant, the stems swollen at the nodes.

Found on disturbed arable, waste and cultivated ground.

Similar: Common Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit has larger flowers and an un-lobed lower lip.

Bifid Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis bifida, Ga búi

Bifid Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis bifida, Ga búi
Bifid Hemp-nettle, Galeopsis bifida, Ga búi

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