Marrubium vulgare (Horehound)

Photographs

My photos:

This plant was in the flood plain of Bell Canyon, Caspers Wilderness Park, Orange County California.

The flowering plant below was photographed at Holy Jim Canyon in May.

More photos:

Hort29 - nice closeup of leaf

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Plant Information

Lamiaceae

In the garden:

Marrubium vulgare is a white-woolly herb which reaches from 8 to 24 inches tall. This perennial is erect and will branch from the base. Leaves are roundish, crinkled, and fuzzy beneath. White flowers appear during the spring and summer. The dried calyx forms a bur. It grows best in poor, sandy, and dry soil and in full sun. As a garden plant, it is rather weedy looking, but can serve as edging in a gray garden. The foliage lasts well in a bouquet.

In the wild:

Common pestiferous weed in waste places and old fields. Non-native, naturalized from Southern Europe.

Ethnobotany:

It has been used for medicinal purposes and in candy. Further information is available here.

Field Trips
Anza Borrego Caspers Holy Jim Canyon Idyllwild
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