black horehound

noun

a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra , having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

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It feeds throughout the winter on the roots of numerous plants, including the dock, dandelion, burdock, white dead nettle, black horehound, and the hop.