Horehound

Horehound

Horehound

Marrubium vulgare


Perennial. Found in disturbed or over-grazed areas.


Details Description
Type
Shrub
Group
Mint
Identifying Characteristics

Spreading, shrubby herb to 80 cm tall. The wrinkled hairy leaves are 7 cm long and oval in shape. The edges have rounded teeth. Stems are long, covered in star-shaped (stellate) hairs. Flowers are white. Flowers all year.

Distinctive Features

Erect multi-stemmed herb.

Life Form Group
Shrub
Life Form Codes
Small Shrub (SS)
EVC types
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
Native Status
Introduced
Weed Status Invasiveness
High INVASIVE
Weed Status Impact
High IMPACT
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Marrubium
Species
vulgare
Horehound
Native throughout Europe. Naturalized in New Zealand and all Australian states.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.