Marrubium vulgare L.
  • Sp. Pl. : 583 (1753)
  • Orafunt


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Marrubium vulgare L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000236711. Accessed on: 27 Mar 2023'

General Information

1. Marrubiumvulgare L., Sp. Pl. 583 (1753). Lectotipo (designado por Press y Hedge en Jarvis et al., (1993). “Habitat in Europae in borealis ruderalis”, Herb.Clifford 312, Marrubium 5,pliego A (imagen en Internet ex BM000646087!). Ilustr.: Wu y Raven, Fl. China Ill. 17: t. 180 (1998).

Por A. Pool.

Hierbasperennes hasta 60 cm, erectas; tallos con indumento denso, adpreso, blanco-lanado. Hojas 2-4.5 × 1.8-4.5 cm,reducidas distalmente, ovadas a orbiculares, densamente vellosas alanosas en el envés, la base cuneada a redondeada, los márgenes irregularmentecrenados o doblemente crenados, el ápice obtuso a redondeado; pecíolos 0.75.5cm, las hojas superiores sésiles. Verticilastros con muchas flores, ampliamenteseparados proximalmente y con frecuencia aglomerados apicalmente, globosos,cada verticilastro 1.5-2.3 cm en diámetro; brácteas y bractéolas subuladas tanlargas como o más largas que el tubo del cáliz. Cáliz florífero 5.5-7 × 1.4-2.4mm, velloso, los lobos 7-10 (frecuentemente con 1-5 lobos más pequeños accesorios),1-2 mm, espiniformes, marcadamente uncinados hacia abajo en el ápice; cáliz fructífero escasamente acrescente. Corola blanca,anular por dentro, los labios 1.5-2.7 mm, subiguales. Nuececillas 1.7-2× 1-1.2 mm. Floración ago. Áreas alteradas. Ch (Breedlove39577, MEXU); G (Standley y Williams, (1973): 264). 2500-2800 m. (Estados Unidos, México,Mesoamérica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina,Europa, Asia, N. África; nativa de Europa, introducida y naturalizada en áreas templadasy montañosas del Nuevo Mundo.)

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    Stems branched or unbranched, 30-40 cm tall, base woody, densely appressed lanate-villous. Leaves reduced upward; petiole 0.7-1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate to circular, 2-3.5 × 1.8-3 cm, adaxially polished, corrugate, and sparsely villous, abaxially densely scabrid strigose-villous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin dentate-serrate, apex obtuse to subrounded. Verticillasters axillary, many flowered, widely spaced basally, crowded upward, globose, 1.5-2.3 cm in diam.; bracts subulate, as long as to longer than calyx tube, reflexed. Calyx 10-veined; teeth 10, main 5 long, alternate with to 5 accessory teeth, 1-4 mm, subulate, hooked. Corolla white, ca. 9 mm; tube ca. 6 mm, densely pubescent outside, pilose annulate inside; upper lip as long as or slightly shorter than lower lip, straight or spreading, 2-lobed; middle lobe of lower lip reniform, undulate, 2-cleft. Nutlets triquetrous, ovoid, warty. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Sep.

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    Taprooted perennial, the stems generally several, 3–10 dm, nearly prostrate to suberect, conspicuously white-woolly; lvs wholly cauline, canescent-woolly or partly subglabrate, not much reduced upward, petiolate, the blade broadly elliptic to rotund-ovate, evidently crenate, 2–5.5 cm; cal stellate and often ± long-hairy, the tube 4–5 mm, the 10 narrow, firm teeth somewhat shorter, eventually widely spreading, their spinulose tips recurved from the first; cor whitish, slightly exserted, with subequal lips; 2n=34, 36. Native of Eurasia, escaped and established in disturbed habitats nearly throughout the U.S. and s. Can. June–Aug.

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    Closely related to Marrubium anisodon, but with shorter stems (to 60 cm), smaller leaves (up to c. 20 x 30 mm) with upper surface (on dried material) darker than lower, calyx teeth 10 subequal, 1.5-2 mm, with Imitate or circinate tips in fruit, calyx tube 4-5.5 mm long, and corolla 7-8 mm long.

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    Morphology

    Aromatic herb 0.3-0.6 m tall; stems few to several from a perennial rhizome, erect, lanate, somewhat woody at the base. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate to subrotund, 20-45 x 18-45 mm, sparingly to densely tomentose above, densely lanate below, apex rounded to obtuse, base cuneate, margin crenate-dentate; petiole 5-14 mm long. Inflorescence simple, of 4-12 spaced verticils; bracteoles linear-filiform, 5-7 mm long, villous. Calyx 5-8 mm long at flowering, scarcely enlarging; tube about 4-5 mm long, stellate-hispid; teeth 10, subulate, spine-tipped, 1.5-3 mm long, spreading, bent or hooked at the apex. Corolla 7-8 mm long; upper lip 2.5 mm long; lower lip 2.5-3 mm long. Nutlets smooth, 2 mm long.

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    30–60 cm hoch, ästig. Stängel und Blätter dicht weissfilzig. Blätter breit-eiförmig, 2–4 cm lang gestielt, unregelmässig stumpf gezähnt, runzelig. Blüten kurz gestielt, in dichten, quirligen Blütenständen in den Blattwinkeln. Krone weiss<

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    Perennial herb, 0.3-0.6 m high. Stems few to several from a perennial rhizome. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate to subrotund, 20-45 x 18-45 mm, apex rounded to obtuse, base cuneate, margins crenate-dentate; petioles 5-14 mm long. Flowers: in dense, many-flowered verticils; calyx 5-8 mm long, stellate-pubescent, teeth 10, spine-tipped, bent or hooked at apex; corolla with tube included in calyx, 7-8 mm long, white to purplish; Nov.-Mar.

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    Ecology

    6–9. Wegränder, Schuttplätze, kollin-montan. VS, vereinzelt GR, M und J. (Vuache).

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    Habitat

    Now a widespread weed, occasionally cultivated; naturalized.

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    Mesic Grassland. Grassland, disturbed places, riverbanks.

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    Distribution

    A native of Europe and Asia. In parts of the Orange Free State, Lesotho and the Cape Province.

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    Native to Europe and Asia.

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    Distribution Map

     
    • Introduced distribution
    Introduced into
    • Europe Northern Europe Ireland
    • Southern America Brazil Paraní
    • Rio Grande do Sul
    • Santa Catarina
    • Minas Gerais
    • São Paulo

    Nationally Preferred Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    OrafuntIrishIE
    White horehoundEnglishIE

    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Marubina cuminaRaeto-RomanceCH
    Marrube communeFrenchCH
    Grafán bánIrishIE
    Marrubio comuneItalianCH
    Gemeiner AndornGermanCH

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