Leonurus cardiaca L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inLamiaceae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Leonurus// Species: Leonurus cardiaca L.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Ball (1972 in Tutin et al.) and Matevski (2021).

Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran, Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Rural areas and disturbed ground.

Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL, AUG).

Locality: Probishtip- village of Shtalkovica. Date: 07.06.2026.

Leonurus cardiaca – habit. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – habit. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – flowering stems with verticillasters and upper cauline leaves. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – flowering stems with verticillasters and upper cauline leaves. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillasters. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillasters. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillaster. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillaster. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillaster. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillaster. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – upper cauline leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – upper cauline leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – stems with leaves. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – adaxial side of leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – adaxial side of leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – abaxial side of leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – abaxial side of leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – abaxial side of leaf. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – developing branch. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – stem. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – stem. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – stem. Probishtip: village of Shtalkovica, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Probishtip- village of Shtalkovica. Date: 16.07.2021.

Leonurus cardiaca – habit. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 16.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – habit. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 17.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – stem with leaves and verticillasters. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 17.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – flowers. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 17.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – flowers. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 17.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – leaves. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 17.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – leaf. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 17.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Probishtip- village of Shtalkovica. Date: 16.08.2020.

Leonurus cardiaca – habit. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – upper part of plant with verticillasters. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – verticillasters. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Leonurus cardiaca – leaf. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Leonurus cardiaca – stem with leaves. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Leonurus cardiaca L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449168-1 [Accessed 12. 02.2022].

Ball, P.W. Leonurus L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 149.

Matevski, V. 2021. Leonurus L., The Flora of the RN Macedonia, Vol II, Book 2. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 242–243.

Leonurus cardiaca. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Last update: 02.09.2026.