''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and

subshrub A subshrub (Latin ''suffrutex'') or dwarf shrub is a short shrub, and is a woody plant. Prostrate shrub is a related term. "Subshrub" is often used interchangeably with "bush".Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Der ...

s in the family

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

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to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South Africa, Central Asia, northern Europe, and the islands of the eastern North Atlantic.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> It is found in rocky and waste ground. ''Ballota'' is

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

and will eventually be re-circumscribed. It is closely related to ''

Moluccella ''Moluccella'' is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central + southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean. They are tall, upright, branched plants to 1 meter or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.D ...

'' and ''

Marrubium ''Marrubium'' (horehound or hoarhound) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, North Africa, and Asia as far east as the Xinjiang region of western China. A few species are also naturalize ...

''.Anne-Cathrine Scheen, Mika Bendiksby, Olof Ryding, Cecilie Mathiesen, Victor A. Albert, and Charlotte Lindqvist. 2010. "Molecular Phylogenetics, Character Evolution, and Suprageneric Classification of Lamioideae (Lamiaceae)". ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 97(2):191-217. Some of its species had previously been placed in ''Marrubium''. Other species have already been split to ''

Pseudodictamnus Lamioideae is a subfamily of plants in the family Lamiaceae. Genera include: *'' Acanthoprasium'' *'' Achyrospermum'' *'' Acrotome'' *'' Ajugoides'' *''Anisomeles'' *''Ballota'' *'' Betonica'' *'' Brazoria'' *'' Chaiturus'' *'' Chamaesphacos'' ...

'' ''Ballota'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some

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including '' Coleophora'' case-bearers: ''C. ballotella'', ''C. lineolea'' (which has been recorded on ''B. nigra'') and ''C. ochripennella''. ;Species * ''

Ballota adenophora ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Hedge - Saudi Arabia * ''

Ballota andreuzziana ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Pamp. - Libya * ''

Ballota antalyensis ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Tezcan & H.Duman - Turkey * ''

Ballota antilibanotica ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Post - Syria, Lebanon * ''

Ballota byblensis ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Semaan & R.M.Haber - Lebanon * ''

Ballota cristata ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' P.H.Davis - Antalya region of Turkey * ''

Ballota glandulosissima ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Hub.-Mor. & Patzak - Turkey * ''

Ballota grisea ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Pojark. - Caucasus * ''

Ballota kaiseri ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Täckh. - Sinai * ''

Ballota larendana ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Boiss. & Heldr. - Turkey * ''

Ballota luteola ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South ...

'' Velen - Saudi Arabia * ''

Ballota macrodonta ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in So ...

'' Boiss. & Balansa - Nigde region of Turkey * ''

Ballota nigra ''Ballota nigra'', black horehound, is a perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and to central Asia and it can be found throughout Europe. It is also naturalized in Argentina, New Zealand, and the Eastern ...

'' L. - most of Europe; North Africa, Middle East as far east as Iran; naturalized in New Zealand, Argentina, North America * ''

Ballota philistaea ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations i ...

'' Bornm. - Israel * '' Ballota platyloma'' Rech.f. - Iran * ''

Ballota saxatilis ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations i ...

'' Sieber ex C.Presl - Middle East from Turkey to Saudi Arabia * ''

Ballota sechmenii ''Ballota'' (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in So ...

'' Gemici & Leblebici - Turkey * '' Ballota vellerea'' Maire, Weiller & Wilczek - Morocco

References

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