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Chinese motherwort
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Chinese motherwort

Leonurus japonicus

Leonurus japonicus, commonly called Oriental motherwort or Chinese motherwort, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Asia, including Korea and Japan, and China to Cambodia.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chinese motherwort in Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.145

Chinese motherwort in Illustrated Herbal Primer

Illustrated Herbal Primer

Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.84

Chinese motherwort in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.44

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61479.