Species
White horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Varieties
1 entriesMarrubium vulgare is a perennial Lamiaceae with wrinkled grey-green leaves covered in soft hairs. Marrubium vulgare has hairy foliage.
Flowers and foliage
Small white flowers cluster in dense whorls at the upper leaf axils. Their position along the stem differs from the terminal flower spikes of many other aromatic plants.
Flower whorls along the stem
White Horehound is the corresponding bulk seed reference for herb-seed resellers and garden centres.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Marrubium vulgare
- Common names
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- (valko)hurtanminttu, almindelig kransburre, andorn, bom-homem, borremynte, common horehound, echter andorn, erva-virgem, gewöhnlicher andorn, horehound, hortelã-de-folha-grossa, hortelã-do-maranhão, hortelã-grande, hviit marrou, jabl, jable, kransborre, kransburre, llwyd y cŵn, malrove, malvão, marddanadl pêr, marddanadlen wen, marddanhadlen bêr, marddanhadlen wen, marddynad pêr, marroio, marroio-branco, marroio-comum, marrolo, marrube, marrube blanc, marrube commun, marrube vulgaire, marrubio común, morddanadl gwyn, morddynad bêr, ou xia zhi cao, paprastoji šantra, parast, perchwerwyn, perwherwyn, roubiya, szanta zwyczajna, white horehound, zekom, ürt-penimünt, šandra obyknovennaja
- Synonyms
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- Marrubium apulum, Marrubium ballotoides, Marrubium hamatum, Marrubium hyperleucum, Marrubium hyperleucum var. brevidens, Marrubium hyperleucum var. comosum, Marrubium uncinatum, Marrubium vaillantii, Marrubium vulgare subsp. apulum, Marrubium vulgare var. apulum, Marrubium vulgare var. caucasicum, Marrubium vulgare var. gossypinum, Marrubium vulgare var. lanatum, Marrubium vulgare var. microphyllum, Marrubium vulgare var. oligodon, Marrubium vulgare var. vaillantii, Prasium marrubium
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Marrubium
- Species
- Marrubium vulgare