| Accepted name: |
Leonurus cardiaca L. ssp. cardiaca |
| Synonym(s): |
-Leonurus villosus Desf. ex Spreng.
-Leonurus quinquelobatus Usteri
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| English names: |
Common Motherwort
Common Motherwort
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| French names: |
Agripaume cardiaque
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLEOCAC
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated as a traditional medicinal plant in Europe. Also ornamental and bee plant.
The herb used as a cardiac, sedative, and emmenagogue, formerly as a source of green dye(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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