Leonurus

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 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. 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 Leonurus japonicus 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 &...