Ballota nigra


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Noun1.Ballota nigra - ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowersBallota nigra - ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
black archangel, black horehound, fetid horehound, stinking horehound
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Ballota, genus Ballota - perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound
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There is a black horehound (Ballota nigra), also a member of the Labiateae and very similar in appearance to the white, but with a most unpleasant smell.
Plant of the week: Plant associated with chest diseases, snakes and mad dogs
--1998-- Morphological and anatomical investigations of Ballota nigra L.
Observaciones morfologicas y anatomicas de nuculas de Ballota (Lamiaceae) en el suroeste de Espana

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