''Leonurus'' (motherwort) is a genus of

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s in the family

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. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand,

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, and much of North and South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Leonurus japonicus ''Leonurus japonicus'', commonly called oriental motherwort or Chinese motherwort, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Asia, including Korea and Japan, and China to Cambodia. Description Plants are annual or biennial, growing from taproots ...

'' is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in

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. Species are sometimes confused with the related genus ''

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Leonurus cardiaca ''Leonurus cardiaca'', known as motherwort, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. Other common names include throw-wort, lion's ear, and lion's tail. Lion's tail is also a common name for ''Leonotis leonurus'', and lion' ...

'' L. - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran * '' Leonurus chaituroides'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan) * '' Leonurus deminutus'' V.I.Krecz. - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia * '' Leonurus glaucescens'' Bunge - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia * '' Leonurus incanus'' V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Kazakhstan * ''

'' Houtt. - Japan, Korea, Amur, Primorye, much of China (incl Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang), Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in North + South America, West Indies, Hawaii, Cape Verde, etc. * '' Leonurus kuprijanoviae'' Krestovsk. - Pakistan * '' Leonurus macranthus'' Maxim. - Japan, Primorye, Manchuria * '' Leonurus mongolicus'' V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita) * '' Leonurus nuristanicus'' Murata - Afghanistan * '' Leonurus oblongifolius'' Popov - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan * '' Leonurus persicus'' Boiss. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus * '' Leonurus pseudomacranthus '' Kitag. - Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China * '' Leonurus pseudopanzerioides'' Krestovsk. - Mongolia, Xinjiang * '' Leonurus pubescens'' Benth. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas * '' Leonurus quinquelobatus'' Gilib. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk * '' Leonurus royleanus'' Benth. - western Himalayas * '' Leonurus sibiricus'' L. - Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi) * '' Leonurus tataricus'' L. - Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk) * '' Leonurus tibeticus'' Krestovsk. - Tibet * '' Leonurus turkestanicus'' V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran * '' Leonurus urticifolius'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Tibet * '' Leonurus villosissimus'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Hebei) * ''

Leonurus wutaishanicus ''Leonurus'' (motherwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America. ''Leonurus japonicus'' is one of the Chine ...

'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Shanxi)

References

Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Lamiaceae-stub