Chaiturus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Leonurus marrubiastrum detail.jpeg

|display_parents = 2

|genus = Chaiturus

|parent_authority = Ehrh. ex Willd.

|species = marrubiastrum

|authority = (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb.

|synonyms =

• 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.

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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).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=37383 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=chaiturus+marrubiastrum Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardiaca nepetellona, Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb. ] includes photos and European distribution map[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019507 Flora of China, Vol. 17 Page 160 鬃尾草 zong wei cao Chaiturus marrubiastrum (Linnaeus) Spenner]Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166 False motherwort is a common name for this species.{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }}