. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 120 LABIATAE. Vol. i. Leonurus Cardiaca L. Motherwort. Fig. 3607. Leonurus Cardiaca L. Sp. PI. 584. 1753. Perennial, puberulent; stem rather stout, strict, commonly branched, 2°-s° tall, the branches straight and ascending. Leaves membranous, slender-petioled, the lower nearly orbicular, pal- ma tely 3-5-cleft, 2-4' broad, the lobes acumi- nate, incised o
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 120 LABIATAE. Vol. i. Leonurus Cardiaca L. Motherwort. Fig. 3607. Leonurus Cardiaca L. Sp. PI. 584. 1753. Perennial, puberulent; stem rather stout, strict, commonly branched, 2°-s° tall, the branches straight and ascending. Leaves membranous, slender-petioled, the lower nearly orbicular, pal- ma tely 3-5-cleft, 2-4' broad, the lobes acumi- nate, incised or dentate; upper (floral) leaves narrower, oblong-lanceolate or rhombic, 3-cleft, or the uppermost merely 3-toothed; flower-clus- ters numerous, exceeded by the petioles; calyx- teeth lanceolate, subulate, somewhat spreading, nearly as long as the tube; corolla pink, purple or white, 3"-s" long, its tube with an oblique ring of hairs within, its upper lip slightly con- cave, densely white-woolly without, the lower lip mottled; anther-sacs parallel. In waste places, Nova Scotia to North Carolina, South Dakota, Montana, Kansas and Utah. Na- turalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. Also called cowthwort. Lion's-ear. June-Sept. 2. Leonurus sibiricus L. Siberian Mother- wort or Lion's-tail. Fig. 3608. Leonurus sibiricus L. Sp. PI. 584. 1753. Biennial, puberulent or glabrate; stem stout, branched, 2°-6° high, the branches slender. Leaves long-petioled, deeply 3-parted into ovate or lan- ceolate, more or less cuneate, acute or acuminate deeply cleft and incised segments, the lobes lan- ceolate or linear, acute; lower leaves sometimes 6'wide, the uppermost linear or lanceolate, slightly toothed or entire; clusters numerous, dense, usu- ally all axillary; calyx campanulate, 3" long, glabrous or minutely puberulent, its bristle-shaped teeth slightly spreading, shorter than the tube; corolla purple or red, densely puberulent without, 4"-6" long, its tube na
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