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Ballota nigra L.
black horehound

       
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Line Drawing of Ballota nigra L.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 123. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Distribution:
Ballota nigra L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, CT, IA, IL, MA, MD, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, WA, WI), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Ballota nigra L.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 1 species in Ballota or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Ballota nigra L. var. alba (L.) Sm.. .
Ballota nigra var. alba
black horehound
Distribution of Ballota nigra L. var. foetida (Hayek) Vis.. .
Ballota nigra var. foetida
black horehound
Distribution of Ballota nigra L. var. nigra. .
Ballota nigra var. nigra
black horehound
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Ballota nigra L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus Ballota L. – horehound
Species Ballota nigra L. – black horehound
 

Introduced Information:
Ballota nigra L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Ballota nigra L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32456.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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