light pink rose on stem with green leaves

Common Horehound

Marrubium vulgare
Lamiaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Description

To 18" in height; leaves white-pubescent, broadly round-ovate, to nearly 2" long, crenate, petioled;verticillasters globose, calyx with 10 recurved teeth, the alternate ones shorter, corolla small, white.

Source of plant

Pinetree Garden Seeds, Fedco Seeds, Sunnybrook Farms Nursery, W. Atlee Burpee & Company, Companion Plants, Baker's Acres

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics, medicinal/pharmaceutical