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.
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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Horticultural Information
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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