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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesAltervista Flora Italiana, Cardiaca nepetellona, Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb. includes photos and European distribution mapFlora of China, Vol. 17 Page 160 鬃尾草 zong wei cao Chaiturus marrubiastrum (Linnaeus) SpennerLazkov, 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.
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