Seeing fields of purple?

When my brother & I drove home from Tulsa Monday, we saw many uncontrolled fields of purple and some cultivated fields with purple invaders. I'm pretty sure it's one of two "weedy mints," including this one, Lamium amplexicaule, commonly known as henbit dead-nettle, common henbit, or greater henbit. While it has invasive properties, it does help with erosion control. Trade-offs…

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Lamium_amplexicaule&rank=binomial

See also, Lamium purpureum, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Lamium_purpureum&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“Good Friday at St. Joe’s (Fremont, OH)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-03-25
2 years ago (“Deciduous conifer”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-03-25
3 years ago (“Wild petunia”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-25
4 years ago (“Well *this* was an easy choice!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-25
5 years ago (“Necklace on dresser”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-25
6 years ago (“Spring awakening”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-25

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