鬃尾草属（学名：Chaiturus）是唇形科下的一个属，为一年生或二年生草本植物。该属仅有鬃尾草（Chaiturus marrubiatrum）一种，分布于西欧至中亚。

Chaiturus is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1787. It contains only one known species, Chaiturus marrubiastrum, native to central and southern Europe (Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Balkans, Ukraine, etc.), Russia, Turkey, Caucasus, and Central Asia (Altai, ********, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan). False motherwort is a common name for this species.