PACIFIC NORTHWEST GROWN. Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca), Cut and Sifted, Certified Organic Common names: Throw Wort, Lion's Ear, Lion's Tail, Agripalma, Aslankuyrugu, Hartgespan, Dagga, Cheneuse, Minaret Flower, Flor de Mundo, Wild Hemp Family: Lamiaceae Motherwort is a perennial flowering plant, growing 2-3 feet high, thought to be native to temperate zones of central Asia, Europe, and Scandinavia. It was introduced to North America as a plant for bees, and is now considered an invasive species there. It grows in disturbed areas, preferring well-drained, partially shady locations. Culpeper’s Herbal from 17th century England has high praise for Motherwort as a medicine for melancholy, as a tonic for “trembling of the the heart, and faintings and swoonings,” as a diuretic, an emmenagogue, an aid during and after childbirth, and much more.