Australian Bugle
Patch
Horehound
Green Patch (with wild sage in seed)
| Australian Bugle Patch | | Horehound Green Patch (with wild sage in seed) | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Other Small Plants | |||
| Order: | Mints (Lamiales) | ||||
| Family: | Mint (Lamiaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) | ||||
| This Photo: | Seedling | ||||
| Other names: | Hound's Bane, Marrube, Marvel, White Horehound or Woolly Horehound | ||||
Thank you Alan Dandie for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere #3 Enemy: Bush with green grey foliage, very hard to spot in saltbush. Hides well. Seeds last decades in the soil, so long term monitoring of an infected area is required to ensure it doesn't become re-established. Has little hooks on the seed pods that get stuck to animal fur (and socks!) which spreads the seed very effectively. With the recent flooding (2022) we found the first horehound, about to seed, for many years from an old seed bank. | |||||
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