Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopus virginicus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Virginia Bugleweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopus virginicus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-31-001:
Lycopus virginicus FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus virginicus
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Bugleweed, Virginia water horehound
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_167
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyvi4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyvi4_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130430_819
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm240508_9136
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0939
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060813_042
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150808_641
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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JK Marlow jkm150808_641b
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
Each flower only 1/8" across, consisting of a light green calyx & a short-tubular white corolla, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm150808_642
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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JK Marlow jkm180821_4075
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6893
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6905
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves coarsely toothed, with a long-tapering petiole-like base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Gill Newberry gn09_lycopus_v_branch
September
Stems quadrangular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200926_7385
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm240911_1046
September Greenville County SC
Stems appressed pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm240911_1051
September Greenville County SC
Calyx lobes acute at the apex, shorter than or equaling the nutlets, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Gill Newberry gn10_lycopus_virginicus
October
Flowers packed into small clusters in axils of widely-spaced pairs of leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0310b_02
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211027_4570
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopus virginicus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopus virginicus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-31-001:
Lycopus virginicus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus virginicus
880
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, bottomlands, tidal marshes, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaf base tapered to a long winged petiole
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
4-lobed corolla
2 exserted fertile stamens & sometimes 2 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p090
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p196
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p236
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p221
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p262
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p144
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p180
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