''Galeopsis speciosa'', the large-flowered hemp-nettle or Edmonton hempnettle, is a species of

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herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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and

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, and has become a widespread introduced weed in

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. The plant is poisonous and causes paralysis.

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speciosa Flora of Europe Flora of Siberia Plants described in 1768 Taxa named by Philip Miller {{Lamiaceae-stub