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Lycopus
Also called Bugleweed, Gypsywort, Water Horehound, Water Horehounds
Lycopus is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae. The many species are known as water horehound, gypsywort, and bugleweed and are native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and stream banks. Some of the wetland species have become endangered.
The plant's juice yields black dye, supposedly used by the Roma in Europe to tan their skin to mimic Egyptians, hence the common name of Gypsywort for Lycopus europaeus. Apothecaries and herbalists used the leaves, stems, and flowers for their astringent and sedative qualities as well as for anxiety, tuberculosis, and palpitations.
American water horehound · Clasping water horehound · Rough bugleweed · Gypsywort · Shiny Bugleweed · Taperleaf water horehound · Northern bugleweed · Virginia water horehound
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycopus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
