Motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca L.
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
immature plants with more palmately-lobed leaves ▲▼
mature plants ▲▼
flowering stem ▲
Motherwort:
· creeping perennial weed that produces rhizomes to spread to form colonies in fertile, moist soils
· can grow in full sun or moderately dense shade, found in fields, barnyards, fencerows, urban areas, disturbed sites
· has opposite, palmately lobed (young stems) to lanceolate (flowering stems) leaves on slender, square, unbranched stems
· flowers are lavender to white in clusters in leaf axils
· used in folk medicine for heart remedies and a stimulant; bees can make good honey from flowers