Marrubium peregrinum

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Marrubium peregrinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Marrubium
Species:
M. peregrinum
Binomial name
Marrubium peregrinum

Marrubium peregrinum (horehound) is a species of herbaceous perennial plant, with height up to 60 cm, native to south-east Europe, the Balkans, and Asia Minor.

Synonyms[edit]

  • Atirbesia bracteata Raf.
  • Marrubium affine Host
  • Marrubium angustifolium Moench
  • Marrubium candidissimum L.
  • Marrubium candidissimum Orsini ex Ten.
  • Marrubium civice Klokov
  • Marrubium creticum Mill.
  • Marrubium creticum Roth
  • Marrubium flexuosum Moench
  • Marrubium odoratissimum Pourr. ex Steud.
  • Marrubium pannonicum Rchb.
  • Marrubium pauciflorum Wallr.
  • Marrubium peregrinum var. creticum (Mill.) Nyman
  • Marrubium pestalozzae auct.
  • Marrubium praecox Janka
  • Marrubium remotum Janka
  • Marrubium rubrum Roth
  • Marrubium setaceum Desr.
  • Marrubium uncinatum Hornem.

References[edit]

  • Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2, 1753, p. 582.
  • The Plant List entry
  • "Marrubium peregrinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  • Encyclopedia of Life entry