The #blackhorehound #Ballota #nigra (#Lamiaceae) originates from the Mediterranean region and has spread northward from there. It is a #neophyte in New Zealand and North America, for example. The authors M. J. M. Christenhusz et al. (2023) present the "first high-quality #genome of B. nigra subsp. foetida."

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Reference

M. J. M. Christenhusz et al. (2023): https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19763.1

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