Ballota

Herbaceous species, such as Arisarum vulgare, Vinca difformis, Allium triquetrum, and Ballota hispanica, frequently appear within the dense and shady tree layer.

Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests 2008

Herbaceous species include Arisarum vulgare, Vinca difformis, Allium triquetrum, and Ballota hispanica and frequently appear within the dense and shady tree layer.

Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests 2008

Coastal community endemics include Aegilops sharonensis, Anthemis tripolitana, Ballota philistaea, Convolvulus secundus, Ornithogalum densum, Rumex occultans, and Silene modesta.

Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests 2008

Almost the only habitat of the curious plant _Ballota spinosa_ is between Fontana and Breglio.

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

The Black Horehound (_Ballota nigra_), so called from its dark purple-coloured flowers, is likewise of common growth about our roadsides and waste places.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Next come the Labiatae: Marrubium vulgare, or common white horehound; Ballota fetida, or stinking horehound; Calamintha nepeta, or lesser calamint; Salvia aethiopis, or woolly sage.

Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Sir F. Pollock has given me more precise information: he sowed seed from a variegated plant of _Ballota nigra_ which was found growing wild, and thirty per cent. of the seedlings were variegated; seed from these latter being sown, sixty per cent. came up variegated.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845