Question: I'm not sure if this is wild or a garden escape. It's near a house with a lot of non-New …
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I'm not sure if this is wild or a garden escape. It's near a house with a lot of non-New England plants, away from the landscaped area. I browsed Lamiaceae and did not find a convincing match. Eastern Massachusetts, in a row of tall plants at the edge of the woods.
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jfc, these are small individuals of Leonurus cardiaca (motherwort), a member of the mint family. The lower leaves will be three-lobed near the apex. It is naturalized here and there around New England. I see it most often in ME around old homesteads and farm lands.
