Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 584 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 254 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 119 [secondary reference]

• Type: Leonurus cardiaca L.

Anderson, R.H. (8 August 1939), The naturalised flora of New South Wales (excluding Gramineae). Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(1): 28 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 136 [secondary reference]

Krestovskaja, T. (1989), Generis Leonurus L. (Lamiaceae) Systema et Conspectus, 1. Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 26 26: 142-149 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 638 [secondary reference]

Bown, D. (2002), New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses Edn. Revised: 258 [secondary reference]

common name: Motherwort [n/a]

Harley, R.M., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A.L., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R., Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Labiatae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 223, Fig. 21M [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 480 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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