*Marrubium vulgare Linnaeus. Common name: White Horehound. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Fencerows, disturbed places, formerly widely planted and escaped, now declining in abundance. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Other Comments: Used for cough-syrups in folk medicine.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Meso4.2, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV. Basionym: Marrubium vulgare L. 1753
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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native range: Europe & northern Africa to Asia
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