Lamiaceae FAMILY
Marrubium vulgare
Marrubium vulgare
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Marrubium vulgare is a herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 50cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes grown commercially for medicinal use and is also grown in medicinal herb gardens.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - Sweden to Britain and Portugal, through Turkey and the Caucasus to central Asia, western China. N. Africa - Macaronesia, Morocco to Libya
HabitatDowns, waste places and roadsides southwards from central Scotland, though perhaps only native near the south coast of England[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].