Lamiaceae
Common motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Leonurus
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Common names
By language (44)
- Arabic
- ذنب الأسد القلبي, بقلة امهات, ذنب الأسد, فراسيون القلب, قفيل
- Armenian
- Առյուծագի սովորական
- arz
- ذنب الاسد القلبى
- azb
- عادی دام اوْتو
- Azerbaijani
- Adi damotu
- ba
- Арыҫлан ҡойроғо
- Belarusian
- Сардэчнік сардэчны
- Bulgarian
- Дяволска уста
- Catalan
- Agripaume cardiaque
- Chinese
- 灰白益母草, 欧益母草
- Croatian
- Srčanica
- csb
- Zwëczajnô sercnica
- cv
- Чĕре курăкĕ
- Czech
- Srdečník obecný, Buřina srdečník pravá
- Danish
- Almindelig Hjertespand
- Dutch
- Hartgespan
- English
- Common motherwort, Motherwort
- Estonian
- Lääne-südamerohi
- Finnish
- Rohtonukula, Nukula, Sydämenvahvistusyrtti, Ulkomaanviholainen
- French
- Agripaume, Agripaume cardiaque
- German
- Echtes Herzgespann, Herzgespann, Agripaume cardiaque, Herzgespannkraut, Herzspannkraut, Leonorus cardiaca
- hsb
- Prawa křižowka
- Hungarian
- Szúrós gyöngyajak
- Kazakh
- Арыстанқұйрық
- Latvian
- Sirds mātere
- lez
- Явакьан
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji sukatžolė, Agripaume cardiaque
- Macedonian
- Обична срценица, Ѓаволска уста
- myv
- Бабань пиципалакс, Дикой ледемка, Крандазтикше, Пурга палакс, Пурьгинепалакс, Чинев пиципалакс
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Løvehale, Hjerteurt
- Persian
- لونوروس کاردیاکا
- Polish
- Serdecznik pospolity
- Portuguese
- Agripalma
- Romanian
- Talpa gâștei, Talpa gâștii, Talpa gîștei, Talpa gîștii, Talpa-gâștei, Talpa-gâștii, Talpa-gîștei, Talpa-gîștii
- Russian
- Пустырник сердечный, Пустырник обыкновенный
- Serbian
- Срдачица
- Slovak
- Srdcovník obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Deljenolistna srčnica, Navadna srčnica, Srčna trava, Srčna zel, Srčnica, Srčnik
- Spanish
- Agripalma, Cardiaca, Cardíaca, Cola de leon, Cola de león, Corazon duro, Corazon real, Corazón duro
- Swedish
- Hjärtstilla, Agripaume cardiaque, Ullig hjärtstilla, Äkta hjärtstilla
- Tatar
- Ак буллат
- Turkish
- Aslan kuyruğu bitkisi
- Ukrainian
- Собача кропива п'ятилопатева
- Welsh
- Mamlys
Synonyms
- Cardiaca crispa (Murray) Moench
- Cardiaca glabra Gilib.
- Cardiaca stachys Medik.
- Cardiaca trilobata Lam.
- Cardiaca vulgaris Moench
- Lamium cardiaca (L.) Baill.
- Leonurus aconitifolius Scheidw.
- Leonurus campestris Andrz. ex Benth.
- Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca
- Leonurus cardiaca subsp. intermedius (Holub) Dostál
- Leonurus cardiaca var. adscendens K.Koch
- Leonurus cardiaca var. capitatus Wender.
- Leonurus cardiaca var. hirtella Holub
- Leonurus cardiaca var. intermedium Holub
- Leonurus cardiaca var. intermedius Holub
- Leonurus cardiaca var. rotundifolia Zalewski
- Leonurus crispus Murray
- Leonurus discolor W.D.J.Koch
- Leonurus glabra (Gilib.) Gilib.
- Leonurus illyricus Benth.
- Leonurus intermedius Holub
- Leonurus lacerus Lindl.
- Leonurus multifidus Raf.
- Leonurus neglectus Schrank
- Leonurus ruderalis Salisb.
- Leonurus trilobatus (Lam.) Dulac
- Stachys triloba Stokes
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 2,156 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Евгения, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.