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Tech/Engineering - Agriculture | | English term or phrase: whore's hair | | It is a weed and can grow among /or on/ the Indian corn. It would be good to know a more common English name or the Latin one. |
| | | horehound = Ballota et/ou Marrubium | Explanation:
This is my guess as to what the plant is supposed to be since I've never heard of the name you give. See the Wiki articles for the complete info.
Horehound is a common name applied to two related genera of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae:
* Ballota
* Marrubium
**The name is of unknown origin, but with the first part 'hore' derived from "hoary", "hairy".** This article deals with the white horehound, Marrubium vulgare, which was widely introduced around the world by European colonists and is now a weed in many countries.
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Weed
Horehound was introduced to southern Australia in the 19th century as a medicinal herb. It became a weed of native grasslands and pastures where it was introduced with settlers’ livestock, and was first declared under noxious weeds legislation. It now appears to have reached its full potential distribution. It occupies disturbed or overgrazed ground, and is favoured by grazing because it is highly unpalatable to livestock. It may persist in native vegetation that has been grazed, eg. at Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horehound
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballota
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrube_blanc
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Note added at 3 days18 hrs (2007-11-09 16:44:45 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome, Alex, and thank you! :-) |
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Claire Chapman
Local time: 15:47
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