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'''''Ballota''''' ('''horehound''') is a [[genus]] of about 35 [[species]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lamiaceae]], [[Indigenous (ecology)|native]] to [[Temperateness|temperate]] regions of [[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]], with the highest [[Biodiversity|diversity]] in the [[Mediterranean region]]. The [[type species]] for the genus is ''[[Ballota nigra]]''.
''Ballota'' is [[paraphyletic]] and will eventually be [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|re-circumscribed]]. It is closely related to ''[[Moluccella]]'' and ''[[Marrubium]]''.<ref name="scheen2010">Anne-Cathrine Scheen, Mika Bendiksby, Olof Ryding, Cecilie Mathiesen, Victor A. Albert, and Charlotte Lindqvist. 2010. "Molecular Phylogenetics, Character Evolution, and Suprageneric Classification of Lamioideae (Lamiaceae)". ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' '''97'''(2):191-217. {{doi|10.3417/2007174}}</ref> Some of its species had previously been placed in ''Marrubium''.
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
''Ballota'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] including ''[[Coleophora]]'' case-bearers: ''C. ballotella'', ''C. lineolea'' (which has been recorded on ''B. nigra'') and ''C. ochripennella''.
==Varieties==
;Selected species
*''[[Ballota acetabulosa]]''
*''[[Ballota frutescens]]''
*''[[Ballota hirsuta]]''
*''[[Ballota nigra]]'' - Black Horehound
*''[[Ballota pseudodictamnus]]''
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
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|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Ballota
|Temp Metric=°F
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
}}
'''''Ballota''''' ('''horehound''') is a [[genus]] of about 35 [[species]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lamiaceae]], [[Indigenous (ecology)|native]] to [[Temperateness|temperate]] regions of [[Europe]], north [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]], with the highest [[Biodiversity|diversity]] in the [[Mediterranean region]]. The [[type species]] for the genus is ''[[Ballota nigra]]''.
''Ballota'' is [[paraphyletic]] and will eventually be [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|re-circumscribed]]. It is closely related to ''[[Moluccella]]'' and ''[[Marrubium]]''.<ref name="scheen2010">Anne-Cathrine Scheen, Mika Bendiksby, Olof Ryding, Cecilie Mathiesen, Victor A. Albert, and Charlotte Lindqvist. 2010. "Molecular Phylogenetics, Character Evolution, and Suprageneric Classification of Lamioideae (Lamiaceae)". ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' '''97'''(2):191-217. {{doi|10.3417/2007174}}</ref> Some of its species had previously been placed in ''Marrubium''.
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
''Ballota'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] including ''[[Coleophora]]'' case-bearers: ''C. ballotella'', ''C. lineolea'' (which has been recorded on ''B. nigra'') and ''C. ochripennella''.
==Varieties==
;Selected species
*''[[Ballota acetabulosa]]''
*''[[Ballota frutescens]]''
*''[[Ballota hirsuta]]''
*''[[Ballota nigra]]'' - Black Horehound
*''[[Ballota pseudodictamnus]]''
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
__NOTOC__
