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Lycopus

not marked as a favorite taxon Lycopus americanus Muhlenberg ex W.P.C. Barton. Common name: American Bugleweed. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Marshes, bottomlands. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to BC, south to FL Panhandle and CA.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See comment under L. europaeus about hybridization between L. americanus and L. europaeus.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl6, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Henderson (1962), Sorrie (1997); > Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W.P.C.Barton var. americanus — F, G, Tat, Tx; > Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W.P.C.Barton var. longii Benner — F, G, Tat; > Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W.P.C.Barton var. scabrifolius Fernald — F, Tx. Basionym: Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W.P.C.Barton 1815

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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 ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Lycopus americanus© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Lycopus americanus© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lycopus americanus© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lycopus americanus© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Lycopus americanus© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Lycopus americanus© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Lycopus americanus© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Lycopus americanus© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to leaning, rhizomatous perennial of freshwater tidal marshes, floodplain forests and alluvial swamps, sandy/gravelly bars and shores.

Stems: Stems 4-angled and ridged, simple or extensively branched, smooth or sparingly hairy.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, lance- to elliptic-lance-shaped, 1 1/4-3 in. long, deeply toothed (less so in upper leaves), minutely hairy on veins beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in small, axillary heads. Each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, short-tubular and opening to 4 spreading lobes. The light green, tubular, 5-lobed calyx is shorter than the corolla, and there are 2 protruding stamens.

Fruits: Fruit a set of 4 nutlets forming a square inside the persistent calyx; calyx lobes exceed the nutlets.

Comments:

Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect to leaning, rhizomatous perennial of freshwater tidal marshes, floodplain forests and alluvial swamps, sandy/gravelly bars and shores.

stems: Stems 4-angled and ridged, simple or extensively branched, smooth or sparingly hairy.

leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, lance- to elliptic-lance-shaped, 1 1/4-3 in. long, deeply toothed (less so in upper leaves), minutely hairy on veins beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in small, axillary heads. Each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, short-tubular and opening to 4 spreading lobes. The light green, tubular, 5-lobed calyx is shorter than the corolla, and there are 2 protruding stamens.

fruits: Fruit a set of 4 nutlets forming a square inside the persistent calyx; calyx lobes exceed the nutlets.

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native range: North America



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