''Marrubium'' (horehound or hoarhound) is a genus of flowering plants in the family

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Marrubium alyssoides ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Pomel – Algeria, Morocco *'' Marrubium alysson'' L. – Mediterranean from Spain + Morocco to Palestine *'' Marrubium anisodon'' K.Koch – Greece, Albania, Crimea, southwest Asia from Turkey to Kashmir *'' Marrubium aschersonii'' Magnus – Tunisia *'' Marrubium astracanicum'' Jacq. – Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey *'' Marrubium atlanticum'' Batt. – Morocco *'' Marrubium ayardii'' Maire – Morocco * ''Marrubium'' × ''bastetanum'' Coincy – Spain ''(M. supinum × M. vulgare)'' *'' Marrubium bourgaei'' Boiss. – Turkey *''

Marrubium catariifolium ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Desr. – Caucasus, Turkey *'' Marrubium cephalanthum'' Boiss. & Noë – Turkey *''

Marrubium cordatum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Nábelek – Iran, Iraq, Turkey *'' Marrubium crassidens'' Boiss. – Iran, Iraq *'' Marrubium cuneatum'' Banks & Sol. – Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine *''

Marrubium cylleneum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Boiss. & Heldr. – Greece *'' Marrubium depauperatum'' Boiss. & Balansa – Turkey *'' Marrubium duabense'' Murata – Iran, Afghanistan *'' Marrubium echinatum'' Ball – Morocco *''

Marrubium eriocephalum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Seybold – Iraq *''

Marrubium fontianum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Maire – Rif in northern Morocco *''

Marrubium friwaldskyanum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Boiss. – Bulgaria *''

Marrubium glechomifolium ''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 naturalized ...

'' Freyn & Conrath – Caucasus *''

Marrubium globosum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Montbret & Aucher ex Benth. – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon *''

Marrubium heterocladum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Emb. & Maire – Rif in northern Morocco *''

Marrubium heterodon ''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 naturalized ...

'' (Benth.) Boiss. & Balansa – Turkey *''

Marrubium hierapolitanum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Mouterde – Syria * ''Marrubium'' × ''humbertii'' Emb. & Maire – Morocco ''(M. ayardii × M. multibracteatum)'' *''

Marrubium incanum ''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 naturalized ...

'' Desr. – Italy (including Sicily + Sardinia), Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria *''

Marrubium leonuroides ''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 naturalized ...

'' Desr. – Caucasus, Crimea *''

Marrubium litardierei ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Marmey – Morocco *''

Marrubium lutescens ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Boiss. & Heldr. – Turkey *''

Marrubium multibracteatum ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Humbert & Maire – Morocco * ''Marrubium'' × ''paniculatum'' Desr. – Austria, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia ''(M. peregrinum × M. vulgare)'' *''

Marrubium parviflorum ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. – Turkey, Iran, Caucasus *''

Marrubium peregrinum ''Marrubium peregrinum'' (horehound) is a species of herbaceous perennial plant, with height up to 60 cm, native to south-east Europe, the Balkans, and Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also ...

'' L. – central + Eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus *''

Marrubium persicum ''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 naturaliz ...

'' C.A.Mey – Turkey, Iran, Caucasus *'' Marrubium pestalozzae'' Boiss. – Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea *'' Marrubium plumosum'' C.A.Mey. – Caucasus *'' Marrubium procerum'' Bunge – Iran *'' Marrubium propinquum'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. – Iran, Caucasus *'' Marrubium rotundifolia'' Boiss. – Turkey *''

Marrubium sivasense ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Aytaç, Akgül & Ekici – Turkey *'' Marrubium supinum'' L. – Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia *''

Marrubium thessalum ''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 naturaliz ...

'' Boiss. & Heldr. – Albania, Greece *'' Marrubium trachyticum'' Boiss. – Turkey *'' Marrubium vanense'' Hub.-Mor. – Turkey *'' Marrubium velutinum'' Sm. – Greece *'' Marrubium vulcanicum'' Hub.-Mor. – Turkey *'' Marrubium vulgare'' L. – White horehound or common horehound – widespread from Denmark + Azores + Canary Islands east to Xingiang; naturalized in New Zealand,

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, Hawaii, Easter Island, North + South America The genus name ''Marrubium'' derives from the Latin word ''marrubii'', meaning horehound. The French Talmudic exegete, Rashi, thinks that this herb may have been used as one of the bitter herbs on the night of Passover.''Sefer Targum Ha-La'az'' (ed. Yisroel Gukovitzky), London 1992, p. 68 (entry no. 1000e) The common English name horehound is of unknown origin, but with the first part 'hore' derived from "hoary", "hairy". The species formerly classified as ''Marrubium nigrum'' (Black Horehound) is now placed in the genus ''

Ballota ''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 Sou ...

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

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

species including '' Coleophora lineolea''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q159392 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Lamiaceae genera