Lycopus rubellus Moench. Common name: Stalked Bugleweed. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Marshes, swamp forests, bottomlands. Distribution: ME west to MI, south to FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, S, Tat, Va, Henderson (1962), Sorrie (1997); = Lycopus rubellus Moench var. rubellus — GW2, RAB; < Lycopus rubellus Moench — Fl6, G, K4, NcTx, W, WH3; > Lycopus rubellus Moench — S; > Lycopus rubellus Moench var. arkansanus (Fresen.) Brenner — F, Tx; > Lycopus rubellus Moench var. rubellus — F, Tx; > Lycopus velutinus Rydb. — S; Lycopus rubellus Moench. Basionym: Lycopus rubellus Moench 1802
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial with tubers, found in marshes, swamp forests (often growing on logs and tree buttresses in deeply flooded sloughs) and bottomlands.
Stems: Stems 4-angled, simple or branched, smooth to densely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, lance-shaped and tapering abruptly, 2-4 in. long, often toothed from middle to tip, paler green beneath, usually smooth on both surfaces.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in small axillary heads (middle and upper stem). Each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, consisting of a short-tubular corolla with 4 lobes, a light green calyx with 4--5 narrow lobes, 2 slightly protruding stamens and a pistil.
Fruits: Fruit a set of 4 nutlets forming a square inside the persistent calyx; calyx lobes exceed the nutlets.
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Height: 1-4 ft.
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description: Erect perennial with tubers, found in marshes, swamp forests (often growing on logs and tree buttresses in deeply flooded sloughs) and bottomlands.
stems: Stems 4-angled, simple or branched, smooth to densely hairy.
leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, lance-shaped and tapering abruptly, 2-4 in. long, often toothed from middle to tip, paler green beneath, usually smooth on both surfaces.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in small axillary heads (middle and upper stem). Each flower white, less than ¼ in. long, consisting of a short-tubular corolla with 4 lobes, a light green calyx with 4--5 narrow lobes, 2 slightly protruding stamens and a pistil.
fruits: Fruit a set of 4 nutlets forming a square inside the persistent calyx; calyx lobes exceed the nutlets.
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