LABIATE 



in full bloom or even withered, while the inner are still 

 merely green buds, with the result that the flower heads 

 suggest those of mignonette. 



LABIATE MINT FAMILY 



Lycopus americanus, Muhl. 



White 



Bugle-weed, 

 July-September 



Lycopus: for derivation see virginicus. 

 Americanus: Latin for American. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: low grounds and along pond 

 shores. 



THE PLANT: erect, one foot high or higher; with very short 

 hairs or none. 



THE LEAVES: opposite, generally lanceolate in outline; 

 acuminate at the apex; petioled; very deeply cut, especially 

 the lower, the upper serrate. 



THE FLOWERS: in whorls around the stem; corolla tubular, 

 slightly longer than the calyx. 



THE FRUIT: nutlets. 



Very similar in every way to the other Bugle-weed, L. 

 virginicus. 



LABIATE MINT FAMILY 







Lycopus virginicus, L. 



White Bugle-weed, Gypsy weed, 



Virginia Horehound, Gypsy Herb, 



July- August Paul's Betony, Archangel (local) . 



Carpenter's Herb, 



Lycopus: from Greek for a wolf's foot, from some fancied 



resemblance in the leaves. 

 Virginicus: Latin for Virginian. 



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