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Rough bugleweed

Lycopus asper

Also called Rough Water Horehound, Western Water Horehound, Rough Bugelweed, Western Bugleweed

Rough bugleweed
Photo: Robert Tatina, Public domain
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. Canada to W. & C. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Lycopus asper is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name rough bugleweed. It is native to much of North America, where it can be found most often in moist areas, such as the soil near lakes. This is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome with thick, knobby tips. The plant grows erect to around 80 centimeters in maximum height, but is known to reach one meter. Its stem is lined with pairs of toothed leaves with heads of flowers in their axils. The flower is white and a few millimeters in length.

Other Lycopus plants

American water horehound · Clasping water horehound · Gypsywort · Shiny Bugleweed · Taperleaf water horehound · Northern bugleweed · Virginia water horehound · Waterhorehound

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycopus asper by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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