Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leonurus cardiaca L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agrimaume	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
agripalma	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
agripalma, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
agripalma, partes aéreas floridas de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
agripaume	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
agripaume (parties aériennes d')	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
agripoume cardiaque	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
arslan kuyruğu	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
arslonkuiruk	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
baqlat el amhât	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
baranjaasif	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bonässla	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bärenschweif	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cardiaca	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cardiaca comune	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
cardiaco	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cardiaque	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
coda di leone	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common mother-wort	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common motherwort	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
dom-e-shir	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
echtes herzgespann	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
farasyun kalbi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
farâsîyûn el qalb	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
five-lobed bladderwort	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hartgespan, hartkruid	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
herba leonuri	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe battudo	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herzgespann	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herzgespannkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
hjertespand	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
hjärtstilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
iarbă de talpa gâştei	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
kala miri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kalomiro	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kardiaka komuni	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
leonuri cardiacae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
leonuri herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leonuro	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
leonurus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
leonurus cardiaca	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lion's-ear	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lion's-tail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lions-ear	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lions-tail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lions-tart	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lion’s ear	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
lion’s tail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
lääne-südamerohi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
lääne-südamerohu ürt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
löwenschwanz	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
melissa salvatica	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mother wort	Other	Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
motherwort	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mutterwurz	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
nukula	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pustyrnik obyknovennyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pust’rnik serdechn’i	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
qafi l	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
roman motherwort	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
serdetshn’i	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
shavbalaha	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sidrs mātere	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sirds māteres laksts	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
srdečníková nať	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
sukatžolių žolė	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
szúrós gyöngyajak virágos hajtás (szu'ro's gyo¨ngyajak)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
talpa gâştii	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
throw-wort	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
throwwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tsan-ts’ai	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
vňať srdcovníka obyčajného	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
wolfstrapp	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
yabani pirasa	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
yi-mu-ts,ao	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
ziele serdecznika	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
äkta hjärtstilla	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
λεoντόνουρος o καρδιακός	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
стрък от дяволска уста	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
aerial part		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flowering aerial parts	dried flowering aerial parts	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or cut, dried flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
partes aéreas floridas, enteras o fragmentadas, secas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cardiaca crispa (Murray) Moench Methodus: 401 (1794).
Cardiaca glabra Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 85 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Cardiaca stachys Medik. Bot. Beob. 1783: 126 (1784).
Cardiaca trilobata Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 383 (1779).
Cardiaca vulgaris Moench Methodus: 401 (1794).
Lamium cardiaca (L.) Baill. Iconogr. Fl. Fr.: t. 270.
Leonurus aconitifolius Scheidw. Hort. Belge 4: 395 (1837 publ. 1838).
Leonurus campestris Andrz. ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 518 (1834).
Leonurus cardiaca var. adscendens K.Koch Linnaea 21: 680 (1849).
Leonurus cardiaca var. capitatus Wender. Index Seminum (MB, Marburgensis) 1841: 5 (1841).
Leonurus cardiaca var. hirtella Holub Preslia 65: 107 (1993).
Leonurus cardiaca var. intermedius Holub
Leonurus cardiaca subsp. intermedius (Holub) Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 11 (1984).
Leonurus cardiaca var. rotundifolia Zalewski Kosmos (Lvov) 5/6: 15 (1896).
Leonurus crispus Murray Novi Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 8: 44 (1777).
Leonurus discolor W.D.J.Koch Linnaea 21: 680 (1849).
Leonurus glabra (Gilib.) Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 321 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Leonurus illyricus Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 518 (1834).
Leonurus intermedius Holub Preslia 65: 102 (1993), nom. illeg.
Leonurus lacerus Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 298 (1826).
Leonurus multifidus Raf. Autik. Bot.: 116 (1840), nom. illeg.
Leonurus neglectus Schrank Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 61 (1826).
Leonurus ruderalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 84 (1796), nom. superfl.
Leonurus trilobatus (Lam.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 409 (1867).
Stachys triloba Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 329 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leonurus cardiaca	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Leonurus cardiaca L	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Leonurus cardiaca L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Leonurus cardiaca, herb. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Leonurus cardiaca Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Leonurus cardiaca Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Leonurus cardiaca Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Leonurus cardiaca Say.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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