White dead-nettle or simply white nettle (Lamium album) is a perennial plant that needs evenly moist and nutrient-rich soil to survive. It grows in partially sunny to semi-shady locations, along roadsides, in parks, gardens or meadows and in front of bushes and hedges.
![Bumblebee pollinating white dead nettle](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bumblebee-pollinating-white-dead-nettle.webp)
The flowering period can last from April to October. The flowers are favoured by bumblebees and other wild bees.
![White dead nettle at a sunny spot](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/White-dead-nettle-at-a-sunny-spot.webp)
When they are not in flower, white dead-nettle and stinging nettles look similar. They can be easily distinguished by their flowers. These plants are not related to each other.
![Lamium album and Urtica dioica](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lamium-album-and-Urtica-dioica-.webp)
Another feature that distinguishes them from stinging nettles is that Lamium album has no stinging hairs.
![Lamium album by the roadside](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lamium-album-by-the-roadside.webp)
The natural distribution area reaches from Europe to Asia. In North America, the white dead-nettle was introduced as an ornamental plant and can also be found growing wild there. Unlike the spotted dead-nettle (Lamium maculatum), cultivars are not available.
![Lamium album and Lamium purpureum in a meadow](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lamium-album-and-Lamium-purpureum-in-a-meadow.webp)
![Lamium album in the snow](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lamium-album-in-the-snow.webp)
![white dead nettle and red dead nettle in my garden](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/white-dead-nettle-and-red-dead-nettle-in-my-garden.webp)
![garden bumblebee Bombus hortorum](https://leaftypes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/garden-bumblebee-Bombus-hortorum.webp)