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Lycopus

not marked as a favorite taxon Lycopus virginicus Linnaeus. Common name: Virginia Bugleweed. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Swamps, bottomlands, tidal marshes, other wet habitats. Distribution: MA west to PA, s. IN, MO, and OK, south to n. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, and e. TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Henderson (1962), Sorrie (1997). Basionym: Lycopus virginicus L. 1753

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Lycopus virginicus© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Lycopus virginicus© Jennifer Stanley | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lycopus virginicus© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lycopus virginicus© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of swamps, bottomlands, tidal marshes and other wet habitats.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, branched, lightly hairy, sometimes with close-pressed hairs.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, lance-oval and tapering at the base to a winged petiole (upper leaves nearly sessile), to 4 1/2 in. long, coarsely toothed, hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in dense, axillary heads; each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, short-tubular and opening to 4 erect (not spreading) lobes. The light green, tubular, 5-lobed calyx is shorter than the corolla tube, and there are 2 stamens and a pistil mostly within the corolla.

Fruits: Fruit a set of 4 nutlets forming a square inside the persistent calyx; calyx lobes do not exceed the nutlets.

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Height: 8-36 in.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of swamps, bottomlands, tidal marshes and other wet habitats.

stems: Stems 4-angled, branched, lightly hairy, sometimes with close-pressed hairs.

leaves: Leaves opposite, lance-oval and tapering at the base to a winged petiole (upper leaves nearly sessile), to 4 1/2 in. long, coarsely toothed, hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in dense, axillary heads; each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, short-tubular and opening to 4 erect (not spreading) lobes. The light green, tubular, 5-lobed calyx is shorter than the corolla tube, and there are 2 stamens and a pistil mostly within the corolla.

fruits: Fruit a set of 4 nutlets forming a square inside the persistent calyx; calyx lobes do not exceed the nutlets.

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native range: eastern United States



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