Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb. is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb.

Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb.

Chaiturus is a monotypic Lamiaceae plant genus, whose only species is native to parts of Europe, Asia, and Turkey.

Family
Genus
Chaiturus
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb.

Chaiturus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae that was first formally described in 1787. The genus contains only one recognized species: Chaiturus marrubiastrum, which has the common name false motherwort. This species is native to central and southern Europe (including locations such as Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, the Balkans, and Ukraine), Russia, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia (including locations such as Altai, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan).

Photo: (c) Sebastian J. Dunkl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sebastian J. Dunkl · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lamiaceae Chaiturus

More from Lamiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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