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Bugleweed

(Lycopus virginicus)

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Lycopus americanus

The leaves of Cut-leaved Water Horehound are deeply cut and lobed, not just heavily toothed. Northern Bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus) (not treated here) is very similar to Bugleweed. The base of the leaf tapers gradually to the stem and is not concave. The stem and leaves are rarely tinged with purple.

Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus)

Identification: Flowers small, white, tubular, with small, free petal lobes of no particular unique structure. Flowers clustered in the leaf axils. Stem naked commonly tinged with purple. Leaves elongate to ovate with large teeth along the outer margin. Base of the leaf with concave margins. Plant 6 to 24 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout eastern North America.

Habitat: Bugleweed is found in a variety of wet soils including marshes and along the banks of lakes, ponds and river.

Flowering period: July to October.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus)

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Cut-leaved Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus)

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