Galeopsis pubescens, also known as the hairy[2][3] and downy hempnettle,[2][4] is a herbaceous annual plant species in the family Lamiaceae,[5] that can be found growing in various European countries.

[1] Galeopsis pubescens was for the first time described by Austrian botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser in his work titled Primitiae Florae Galiciae Austriacae Utriusque in year 1809.

[1] This upright-growing herbaceous annual hempnettle can reach from 20 to 50 centimetres of height and usually has spread out upper part.

Its alternately arranged simple and entire leaves are always petiolate (with leafstalk), serrated and covered with trichomes.

[6] The Raunkiær system classifies it as a therophyte species, as it is an annual plant that survives unfavorable conditions in the form of seed.