Lamiaceae

Horehound

Marrubium vulgare L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Marrubium

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Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) — FlowerPhoto: Sarah DiGiorgio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (47)

aeb: أم الرويبة, مروبية
Arabic: فراسيون شائع, اذن الثور, اذن الحمار, الروبية, الكُراث الجبلي, حشيشة الكلب, زقوم, شَرير
Armenian: Մեղրածուծ
arz: فراسيون شائع
Asturian: Bombarón
azb: عادی ایت اوْتو
Azerbaijani: Adi itotu
Basque: Lekugi
Belarusian: Шандра звычайная
Bosnian: Očajnica
Catalan: Marrubí, Malrubí
Chinese: 欧夏至草, 歐夏至草, 雪猪油
Croatian: Obični tetrljan
Czech: Jablečník obecný
Dutch: Malrove
English: Horehound, White horehound
Estonian: Ürt-penimünt
Finnish: Valkohurtanminttu, Hurtanminttu
French: Marrube blanc, Marrube, Marube
Galician: Marroio, Herba dos lombos
German: Gewöhnlicher Andorn, Andorn, Dorant, Gemeiner Andorn, Helfkraut, Weißer Andorn, Weißer Dorant
Greek: Μαρρούβιο το κοινό
hsb: Murjowy šelnik
Hungarian: Orvosi pemetefű
Icelandic: Vallarhélukrans
Italian: Marrubio
kab: Mernuyet
kw: Les loos
Latvian: Parastā marūbija
Lithuanian: Paprastoji šantra
Macedonian: Горчица
Norwegian Bokmål: Borremynte
nv: Azeeʼ ndootʼeezhí łibáhígíí
Persian: گندنای کوهی
Polish: Szanta zwyczajna
Quechua: Yuraq itapallu, Yurak itapallo
Romanian: Unguraș
Russian: Шандра обыкновенная
Serbian: Očajnica, Очајница
Serbian (Latin): Očajnica, Beli tetrljan, Gorčika, Jetrena trava, Kokočitac, Smrduša, Totrljan
Slovak: Jablčník obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadna črna meta, Jetrna trava, Klaš, Pepeljuha, Somrak, Sumrak, Črna meta, Črni minca
Spanish: Hierba cuyana, Juan rubio, Juanrubio, Malrrubio, Manroyo, Marrubio cano, Marrubio comun, Marrubio común
Swedish: Kransborre
Turkish: Köpek otu
Ukrainian: Шандра звичайна
Welsh: Llwyd y cŵn

Synonyms

Marrubium album Garsault
Marrubium apulum Ten.
Marrubium ballotoides Boiss. & Balansa
Marrubium germanicum Schrank ex Steud.
Marrubium hamatum Kunth
Marrubium hyperleucum Candargy
Marrubium hyperleucum var. brevidens Candargy
Marrubium hyperleucum var. comosum Candargy
Marrubium uncinatum Stokes
Marrubium vaillantii Coss. & Germ.
Marrubium vulgare subsp. apulum (Ten.) H.Lindb.
Marrubium vulgare subsp. oligodon Barratte
Marrubium vulgare var. apulum (Ten.) Trevir.
Marrubium vulgare var. caucasicum K.Koch
Marrubium vulgare var. gossypinum Nábelek
Marrubium vulgare var. lanatum Benth.
Marrubium vulgare var. microphyllum Baguet
Marrubium vulgare var. vaillantii (Coss. & Germ.) P.Fourn.
Prasium marrubium E.H.L.Krause

Flowers

In flower: April to July (from 944 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Sarah DiGiorgio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alexander Antero Peñaflor, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Courtney Tregurtha-Nairn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Franck Cabot, CC BY 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.