Lycopus uniflorus Michaux. Common name: Northern Bugleweed. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Bogs, seeps, wet forests. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to AK, south to w. NC, AR, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, GrPl, Il, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Sorrie (1997); < Lycopus uniflorus Michx. — GW2, Henderson (1962); > Lycopus uniflorus Michx. var. uniflorus — K4. Basionym: Lycopus uniflorus Michx. 1803
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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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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bogs, seeps, seepage swamps, alluvial forests and shores of depression ponds and beaver ponds.
Stems: Stems 4-angled, with a few branches and also lateral, tuber-producing stolons; smooth or sparsely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, each pair at right angles to the pair above it; short-petiolate to subsessile; lance-shaped to oblong; 3/4-3 in. long; more or less toothed; hairy on veins beneath.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in small, dense, axillary heads, only 1--2 blooming at a time. Each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, short-tubular and opening to 5 spreading lobes. The light green, tubular, 5-lobed calyx is shorter than the corolla tube, and there are 2 slightly protruding stamens and a pistil.
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 bogs, seeps, seepage swamps, alluvial forests and shores of depression ponds and beaver ponds.
stems: Stems 4-angled, with a few branches and also lateral, tuber-producing stolons; smooth or sparsely hairy.
leaves: Leaves opposite, each pair at right angles to the pair above it; short-petiolate to subsessile; lance-shaped to oblong; 3/4-3 in. long; more or less toothed; hairy on veins beneath.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in small, dense, axillary heads, only 1--2 blooming at a time. Each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, short-tubular and opening to 5 spreading lobes. The light green, tubular, 5-lobed calyx is shorter than the corolla tube, and there are 2 slightly protruding stamens and a pistil.
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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