Leonurus
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lamiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Tall herbs, with palmately cleft, parted or dentate leaves, and small white or pink flowers verticillate in dense axillary clusters. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5-nerved, nearly regular and equally 5-toothed, the teeth rigid, subulate or aristate. Corolla-limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, entire; lower lip spreading or deflexed, 3-lobed, the middle lobe broad, obcordate or emarginate. Anthers 2-celled, the sacs mostly parallel. Nutlets 3-sided, smooth. [Greek, lion's tail.] About 10 species, of Europe and Asia. Type species: Leonurus Cardiaca L.