Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Leonurus cardiaca Linnaeus subsp. cardiaca
(Motherwort)
Family: Lamiaceae
Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
None
Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca is an erect herb with very hairy pink and purple flowers at the nodes. The coarsely dentate leaves stand almost perpendicularly away from the stem. Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca is found in disturbed ground at middle elevation.
Please click on an image for a larger file.
Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 23, 2007
Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Leonurus cardiaca subsp. cardiaca, closeup of lateral view of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Springs, July 1, 2009
Back to the Index