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BUGLEWEED. 
Lycopus virginicus L. 
Other common names.—Buglewort, sweet bugleweed, American water horehound, 
carpenter’s herb, green archangel, gypsyweed, Paul’s betony, wood betony, wolf foot. 
purple archangel, water 
bugle, gypsywort, gypsy 
herb, Virginia horehound. 
Habitat and range.— 
Bugleweed is a native 
herb frequenting wet, 
shady places from Canada 
to Florida, Missouri, and 
Nebraska. 
Description.—This per- 
ennial herb of the mint 
family (Menthacez) has 
long, threadliike runners 
and a bluntly 4-angled, 
smooth, slender, erect or 
ascending stem from 6 
inches to 2 feet in height. 
The leaves are dark green 
or of a purplish tinge, 
about 2 inches in length, 
long pointed at the apex 
and narrowed toward the 
base, the upper portion of 
the margin being toothed. 
The small, tubular, bell- 
shaped, 4-lobed flowers 
are purplish and are pro- 
duced from about July 
toSeptember They are 
borne in dense clusters in 
the axils of the leaves and 
are followed by 3-sided 
nutlets. (Fig. 19.) 
Fic. 19.—Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus), leaves and flowers. 
Collection, prices, and uses.—The entire herb, which was official from 1830 to 1880, 
should be gathered during the flowering period. It brings about 3 to 4 cents a pound. 
The plant has arather pleasant, mintlike odor, but the taste is bitter and disagreeable. 
It has sedative, tonic, and astringent properties. 
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