Marrubium

Plant Characteristics

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Read about Marrubium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Marrubium (ancient name, referring to the bitter qualities). Labiatae. Hoarhound. Horehound. A familiar aromatic herb. Marrubium comprises perennials branched from the base, mostly silky or woolly, with wrinkled and crenate or cut lvs. and many-fld. axillary whorls of small white or purplish fls.: calyx tubular. 5-10-nerved and with 5 or 10 awl-shaped teeth; corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip erect and notched or entire, the lower spreading and 3-cleft; stamens 4, didynamous, not exserted; ovary deeply 4-lobed (making 4 smooth nutlets), the style 2-lobed.—Species 30-40, in Eu., N. Afr. and extra-trop. Asia.; one widely naturalized in the U. S. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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