Galeopsis bifida

Boenn.

LamiaceaeSeeds/NutsPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seed - oil

The seed yields an oil, though no food use is recorded for it.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. In Yunnan.

Asia, China, Europe, Korea, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Scandinavia, Sweden,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

Galeopsis bifida is a self-fertile annual growing to 1 m tall. It flowers from July through September and has both male and female organs. The plant adapts to light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH. It tolerates semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist conditions.

How to Grow

Grows in most soils, disliking heavy shade. This plant is sometimes grown in the wild garden. Very closely allied to G. tetrahit and considered to be no more than a sub-species of it by some botanists. It is probably of the same hybrid origin as G. tetrahit.

Propagation: Sow seed in spring directly in situ. Germination usually occurs within a month.

Medicinal Uses

No medicinal uses are known.

Other Uses

A drying oil extracted from the seed is used as a leather polish.

Wikipedia

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Galeopsis bifida is an annual plant native to Europe and Asia but now found in Canada and the northeastern, midwestern parts of the United States. It has many common names such as bifid hemp-nettle, split-lip hemp-nettle, common hemp-nettle, and large-flowered hemp-nettle. The genus name means weasel-like, referring to the corolla of the flower. It is often confused with other species of Lamiaceae such as Mentha arvensis, Dracocephalum parviflorum and Stachys pilosa.

Names & Synonyms

Galeopsis bifida var. emarginata NakaiGaleopsis pallens Briq.Galeopsis pernkofferi Wettst.Galeopsis tetrahit subsp. bifida (Boenn.) NymanGaleopsis tetrahit var. bifida (Boenn.) Lej. & CourtoisGaleopsis tetrahit var. bifida (Boenn.) KudôGaleopsis tetrahit var. parviflora Benth.

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