Leonurus
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Leonurus cardiaca
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Leonurus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.
Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is called yìmǔcǎo (益母草) in Chinese.
[edit] Species
- Leonurus artemisia - synonym for L. japonicus
- Leonurus cardiaca - Common motherwort
- Leonurus cardiaca subspecies cardiaca - Common motherwort
- Leonurus heterophyllus - synonym for L. japonicus
- Leonurus macranthus
- Leonurus marrubiastrum
- Leonurus sibiricus - Honeyweed
- Leonurus japonicus