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The white nettle is a perennial up to 50 cm (1 foot 8 inches) high. It can be found on rubble, in abandoned parks or gardens, along walls, fences and ditches. It prefers soils with high amounts of nitrogen. Its stem is square in section, the leaves are decussate (neighboring leaf pairs are rotated by 90°). Its zygomorphic flowers have 5 sepals and bilabiate white corolla and they contain 4 stamens. The fruit are 4 black nutlets. The flowers produce a significant amount of nectar which can be turned into honey by bees.
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plantae angiosperms eudicots lamiales lamiaceae lamium album
