Leonurus (motherwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America.

Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Species are sometimes confused with the related genus Leonotis.

1. Species

2. Leonurus cardiaca L. – much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran

3. Leonurus chaituroides C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan)

4. Leonurus deminutus V.I.Krecz. – Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia

5. Leonurus glaucescens Bunge – Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia

6. Leonurus incanus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. – Kazakhstan

7. Leonurus japonicus Houtt. – Japan, Korea, Amur, Primorye, much of China (incl Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang), Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in North + South America, West Indies, Hawaii, Cape Verde, etc.

8. Leonurus kuprijanoviae Krestovsk. – Pakistan

9. Leonurus macranthus Maxim. – Japan, Primorye, Manchuria

10. Leonurus mongolicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. – Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita)

11. Leonurus nuristanicus Murata – Afghanistan

12. Leonurus oblongifolius Popov – Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan

13. Leonurus persicus Boiss. – Turkey, Iran, Caucasus

14. Leonurus pseudomacranthus Kitag. – Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China

15. Leonurus pseudopanzerioides Krestovsk. – Mongolia, Xinjiang

16. Leonurus pubescens Benth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas

17. Leonurus quinquelobatus Gilib. – Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk

18. Leonurus royleanus Benth. – western Himalayas

19. Leonurus sibiricus L. – Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi)

20. Leonurus tataricus L. – Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk)

21. Leonurus tibeticus Krestovsk. – Tibet

22. Leonurus turkestanicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. – western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran

23. Leonurus urticifolius C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Tibet

24. Leonurus villosissimus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – China (Hebei)

25. Leonurus wutaishanicus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – China (Shanxi)

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