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 <small>L.</small> - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran
- Leonurus chaituroides <small>C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li</small> - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan)
- Leonurus deminutus <small>V.I.Krecz.</small> - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
- Leonurus glaucescens <small>Bunge</small> - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia
- Leonurus incanus <small>V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian.</small> - Kazakhstan
- Leonurus japonicus <small>Houtt.</small> - 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 <small>Krestovsk.</small> - Pakistan
- Leonurus macranthus <small>Maxim.</small> - Japan, Primorye, Manchuria
- Leonurus mongolicus <small>V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian.</small> - Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita)
- Leonurus nuristanicus <small>Murata</small> - Afghanistan
- Leonurus oblongifolius <small>Popov</small> - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Leonurus persicus <small>Boiss.</small> - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
- Leonurus pseudomacranthus <small>Kitag.</small> - Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China
- Leonurus pseudopanzerioides <small>Krestovsk.</small> - Mongolia, Xinjiang
- Leonurus pubescens <small>Benth.</small> - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas
- Leonurus quinquelobatus <small>Gilib.</small> - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk
- Leonurus royleanus <small>Benth.</small> - western Himalayas
- Leonurus sibiricus <small>L.</small> - Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi)
- Leonurus tataricus <small>L.</small> - Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk)
- Leonurus tibeticus <small>Krestovsk.</small> - Tibet
- Leonurus turkestanicus <small>V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian.</small> - western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
- Leonurus urticifolius <small>C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li</small> - Tibet
- Leonurus villosissimus <small>C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li</small> - China (Hebei)
- Leonurus wutaishanicus <small>C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li</small> - China (Shanxi)
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