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Author Message   Heirloomgardens  My Garden Journal My Garden Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 09:29 am EST :    I have what I think is horehound growing wild all over the place. If it is horehound, I can't figure out which type it is. Does anyone know if this is indeed horehound, and if so, which kind it is? Heirloomgardens - MA, Zone "5b"   Heirloomgardens  My Garden Journal My Garden Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 09:31 am EST :    Heirloomgardens - MA, Zone "5b"   Growit  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 07:04 pm EST :    It isn't Horehound as the leaves are not serrated but more palmate in form. I am pretty sure it is Leonurus cardiaca(motherwort). Used for calming the heart (clue in the name!) and thrombosis. Greeks used it for anxious pregnant women hence motherwort. It should develop black nutlets once the flowers are over. Growit - Hampshire, Zone "8/9"   Heirloomgardens  My Garden Journal My Garden Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 07:47 pm EST :    Thank you, Moira! I looked it up and that has to be it. Figures... I was so hoping it was horehound, but that explains why I couldn't match it to any of the horehounds. I certainly have tons of this stuff. :-( Heirloomgardens - MA, Zone "5b"   Growit  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 08:34 pm EST :    Well if you know any anxious,pregnant women with a heart condition and thrombosis you can always offer it to them! Growit - Hampshire, Zone "8/9"   Heirloomgardens  My Garden Journal My Garden Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 09:12 pm EST :    Haha!! Heirloomgardens - MA, Zone "5b"

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