''Leonurus'' is a genus of

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s in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to

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, naturalized in

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, New Caledonia, and much of

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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

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used in

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. It is called ''yìmǔcǎo'' ( 益母草) in Chinese. Species are sometimes confused with the related genus '' Leonotis.'' ; Species * '' Leonurus cardiaca'' 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'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Shanxi)

References

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