Black Horehound

Black Horehound

Taxobox
name = "Black Horehound"



image_width = 200px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Ballota"
species = "B. nigra"
binomial = "Ballota nigra"
binomial_authority = L.

The Black Horehound ("Ballota nigra") is a perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and to central Asia, and can be found throughout Europe and the Eastern United States.

It is a garden plant that has medicinal properties, believed to ease nausea and vomiting, and also acts as a mild sedative.

The Black Horehound has a very strong smell, and can be recognised by its clusters of hairy, reddish-purple flowers. It can grow up to 3 feet in height.

External links

* [http://www.maltawildplants.com/LABT/Ballota_nigra_subsp_uncinata.php Comprehensive profile for "Ballota nigra" from the website MaltaWildPlants.com]


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  • black horehound — noun ill smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers • Syn: ↑black archangel, ↑fetid horehound, ↑stinking horehound, ↑Ballota nigra • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant …   Useful english dictionary

  • black horehound — juosvasis akenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Notrelinių šeimos medingas, vaistinis augalas (Ballota nigra), paplitęs, vakarų Azijoje, šiaurės Afrikoje ir Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ballota nigra angl. black horehound vok.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • black horehound — noun The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge. Syn: black stinking horehound …   Wiktionary

  • Horehound — Hore hound , n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune; h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.) 1. A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({Marrubium vulgare}), which has a bitter taste, and is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • horehound — /hawr hownd , hohr /, n. 1. an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative. 2. any of… …   Universalium

  • black archangel — noun ill smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers • Syn: ↑black horehound, ↑fetid horehound, ↑stinking horehound, ↑Ballota nigra • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant …   Useful english dictionary

  • horehound — [ hɔ:haʊnd] (also hoarhound) noun a strong smelling hairy plant of the mint family, traditionally used as a medicinal herb. [Marrubium vulgare (white horehound) and Ballota nigra (black horehound).] Origin OE hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar) +… …   English new terms dictionary

  • black angelica — noun : black horehound …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fetid horehound — Horehound Hore hound , n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune; h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.) 1. A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({Marrubium vulgare}), which has a bitter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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