OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 56137

henbit

Meanings (ES + gloss)
ortiga mansa
An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
Henbit typically sprouts in fall, after the soil has been cultivated following the removal of summer plants. It grows well in partial shade or full sun and is considered an indicat…
The fourth kind (called of the base Almaignes Hoenderbeet) that is to say, Henbit, hath many round and hairie stems. The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jag…
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