The image is of a motherwort plant's upper leaves and flowers. Leaves have 3 lobes and a few coarse teeth. Flowers are white to pink tubes that occur in whorls around the stem.

Motherwort - Leonurus cardiaca

Leonurus cardiaca

Lamiaceae (mint family)

MI Status

Non-native

Life cycle

Herbaceous perennial

Leaves

Leaves are opposite and attached by long petioles.  Upper leaves are smaller, oblong-ovate with a pair of coarse teeth.  Lower leaves often have 3 lobes and a few coarse teeth. 

Stems

Square stems, heavily ridged, and slightly pubescent.

Flowers

Flowers occur in whorls of 6-15 around the stem.  Each tubular flower is 2-lipped, white to light pink or light purple.

Reproduction

It spreads by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes.

The image is of the upper leaves of motherwort. They are green with 3 lobes and a few coarse teeth.
Motherwort upper leaf
The image is of motherwort lower leaf. Lower leaves are larger with long petioles, 3 lobes, and a few coarse teeth.
Motherwort lower leaf
The image is a close up of a motherwort stem. The stems are square, heavily ridged, and slightly pubescent.
Motherwort stem
The image is of a motherwort plant's upper leaves and flowers. Leaves have 3 lobes and a few coarse teeth. Flowers are white to pink tubes that occur in whorls around the stem.
Motherwort flower

 

 

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