| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains; locally in the Piedmont, but rare in the Coastal Plain. A specimen with more deeply divided, very narrow leaf segments appears to be L. sibirica and needs an ID check [Randolph County, Diamond 199 (NCZP)].
Native of central Asia; in N.A. throughout, except FL and CA. | |
| Abundance | Frequent to locally common in the Mountains, rare to uncommon in the Piedmont, and very rare in the Coastal Plain. | |
| Habitat | Fields, barnyards, pastures, meadows, roadsides, "woods", "swamp forest", near creek, montane trailside. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-October. | |
| Identification | Motherwort is a familiar non-native plant along mountain roadsides and waste places. It is a very distinctive mint, with the leaves divided into 3 sharply pointed lobes, like a very narrow Red Maple (Acer rubrum) leaf; the uppermost leaves are less deeply cut/dissected. Pale pink flowers may grow in small groups in the axils, from below mid-stem all the way to the top of the stem. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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