Yellow Archangel

[Bruce Williams]

Hi folks,

Had a very pleasant walk with Maggy in Salcey Wood about 8 miles from where I live. I came across a stand of maybe 30 to 40 Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) in a mossy and quite dark part of the wood. Fortunately a small area had filtered sunlight and I took several photos laying down on the moss.

An interesting website with info. on this species is:

http://www.the-tree.org.uk/EnchantedFor ... hangel.htm

Hand held, Minolta A2. 1/30s at f/7.1

Bruce

[beetleman]

It sure has an interesting shape to the flower. Almost orchid like and It has its own little rain cover. Looking at the name, you would think it has a dark side to it (dead nettle family). Doing a little searching did not uncover anything sinister It is an introduced plant in the USA, not in my state yet, but in the next state Massachusetts and a few others. Beautiful photo.

[Bruce Williams]

Thanks for your comments Doug .

You're right, the flower is rather orchid like and really quite attracive. I have occasionally seen a silver leaved cultivar for sale in garden centres. Personally I prefer the plant in its standard form as the dark green leaves provide a more pleasing foil to the yellow flowers.

Bruce

[MacroLuv]

Very nice Bruce!
As Doug said, flower appearance is orchid like. I can even see some blowball alike seeds on it.
There is also a pink variant of this plant, I think?

[Bruce Williams]

Thanks Nikola - well as far as I've been able to ascertain there isn't a pink flowered Lamiastrum - I've searched using Google to see if there is a cultivar but so far no luck.

There is a very similar dead nettle species Lamium maculatum that has pink flowers - could that be what you've seen?

Bruce