Chaiturus

Chaiturus is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1787. It contains only one known species, Chaiturus marrubiastrum, native to central and southern Europe (Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Balkans, Ukraine, etc.), Russia, Turkey, Caucasus, and Central Asia (Altai, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan).^[1][2][3][4] False motherwort is a common name for this species.^[5]

Chaiturus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Lamioideae
Genus:	Chaiturus Ehrh. ex Willd.
Species:	C. marrubiastrum
Binomial name
Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb.
Synonyms[1]
Leonurus marrubiastrum L. Cardiaca marrubiastrum (L.) Schreb. Chaiturus leonuroides Willd. Leonurus parviflorus Salisb. 1796 not Moench 1794 Leonurus marrubiastrum var. simplicissimus K.Koch Leonurus marrubifolius St.-Lag. Chaiturus marrubifolius St.-Lag.