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Lamiaceae

Chinese motherwort

Leonurus japonicus Houtt.

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Leonurus

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Chinese motherwort: Leonurus japonicus in Gyeongbokgung palace, Korea
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)
arz
ليونوروس جابونيكوس
Azerbaijani
Yapon damotu
Chinese
益母草, 坤草, 益母蒿, 红花艾, 野麻, 白花益母草, 益母草花, 茺蔚子
Czech
Srdečník japonský
English
Chinese motherwort
Finnish
Japaninnukula
Japanese
メハジキ, ヤクモソウ
Korean
익모초
Thai
เอียะบ้อเช่า
Vietnamese
Ích mẫu

Synonyms

  • Leonurus altissimus Bunge ex Benth.
  • Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y.Hu
  • Leonurus artemisia var. albiflorus (Migo) S.Y.Hu
  • Leonurus cuneifolius Raf.
  • Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet
  • Leonurus heterophyllus f. leucanthus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
  • Leonurus intermedius Didr.
  • Leonurus japonicus f. albiflorus (Migo) Y.C.Zhu
  • Leonurus japonicus f. niveus (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) H.Hara
  • Leonurus mexicanus Sessé & Moc.
  • Leonurus sibiricus f. niveus A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov
  • Leonurus sibiricus var. albiflorus Migo
  • Stachys artemisiae Lour.

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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). About our plant data.