Genus of flowering plants in the sage family Lamiaceae
Ballota (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South Africa, Central Asia, northern Europe, and the islands of the eastern North Atlantic. It is found in rocky and waste ground.
"Ballota" is paraphyletic and will eventually be re-circumscribed. It is closely related to "Moluccella" and "Marrubium". Some of its species had previously been placed in "Marrubium". Other species have already been split to "Pseudodictamnus"
"Ballota" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera including "Coleophora" case-bearers: "C. ballotella", "C. lineolea" (which has been recorded on "B. nigra") and "C. ochripennella".
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