Galeopsis is a genus of annual herbaceous plants native to Europe and Asia. Members of this genus often have common names ending in hemp-nettle or hempnettle.[ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 156 鼬瓣花属 you ban hua shu Galeopsis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 579. 1753. ][ Altervista Flora Italiana, Genere Galeopsis includes photos and descriptions plus distribution maps for Italy, Europe, and North America][ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]
The plants are poisonous.[ and some are used as .]
Species
Species include:[
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Galeopsis × acuminata Rchb. - Germany (G. pubescens × G. tetrahit)
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Galeopsis bifida Boenn. – bifid hemp-nettle, split-lip hemp-nettle, splitlip hempnettle, common hemp-nettle, and large-flowered hemp-nettle - widespread across much of Europe and Asia; naturalized in North America
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Galeopsis × carinthiaca Porsch ex Fiori - Italy, Czech Republic (G. bifida × G. pubescens)
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Galeopsis × haussknechtii Ludw. - Czech Republic (G. ladanum × G. segetum)
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Galeopsis ladanum L. - widespread across much of Europe and Asia; naturalized in scattered sites in North America
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Galeopsis × ludwigii Hausskn. - Germany, Czech Republic (G. bifida × G. tetrahit)
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Galeopsis nana Otsch. - Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)
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Galeopsis × polychroma Beck - Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Baltic Republics (G. pubescens × G. speciosa)
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Galeopsis pubescens Besser – hairy or downy hempnettle - southern & central Europe from Britain and France east to Russia
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Galeopsis pyrenaica Bartl. - Pyrenees Mountains of Spain & France
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Galeopsis reuteri Rchb.f. - Alps of France & Italy
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Galeopsis segetum Neck. – downy hemp-nettle - Britain, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
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Galeopsis speciosa Mill. – large-flowered hemp-nettle, Edmonton hempnettle - northern & central Europe, Siberia; naturalized in Canada
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Galeopsis tetrahit L. – common hemp-nettle, brittlestem hempnettle - southern & central Europe from Portugal to Russia; naturalized in New Zealand and North America
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Galeopsis × wirtgenii F.Ludw. ex Briq. - France, Czech Republic
