Common Name:
american
bugleweed
Common Name Synonyms:
cut-leaves, water horehound
Scientific Name:
Lycopus americanus
Family Name:
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
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Mint Family
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed, rhizomes, and roots stems
Stems
upright, solitary sometimes branched at base, square and ridged , slender, smooth, sometimes reddish, scattered hairs, dense hairs at node
Leaves
opposite, lanceolate to oval, sessile or very short petiole, deeply lobed become smaller and unlobed above, lobed often to mid-vein below, smooth with hairs on veins below, wide-spaced along stem
Flowers
4 to 5-petaled forming tube, white very small pink-purple spots; axillary cluster above, whorled, dense