Motherwort

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