
Motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
Lamiaceae
Growth Habit
HerbaceousDescription
Perennial to 5' in height; glabrous to villous, lower leaves deeply and palmately 2- to 5-lobed, to 3" long,lobes deeply dentate; bracts half as long as calyx, calyx tube prominently 5-veined, teeth almost as longas tube, lower 2 teeth deflexed, corolla longer than calyx, white or pale pink, sometimes with purple spots, tube with ring of hairs inside, upper lip densely villous on back; summer blooming.
Source of plant
Richters, University Rhode Island Drug Plant Garden & Laboratory
