Lycopus americanus
american water horehound, waterhorehound, cut-leaf water-horehound, american bugleweed, water horehound, american waterhorehound
Family
Lamiaceae
Leaf Arrangement
opposite
Leaf Margin
serrate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
elliptic
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
white
Flower Month
June
Height (meters)
0.3 - 0.9
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Growing Season
Warm season
Wetland Class
OBL
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
4
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
6
Field Characters
Roots without tuberous thickenings which are characteristic of Lycopus genus. Stems sharpely ridged on each angle, L. rubellus and L. virginicus have rounded angles. All Lycopus spp. are wetland plants with small white flowers, and their foliage lacks the strong fragrance of the various Mints.
Cultural Information
Most members of the genus Lycopus benefit from cold/moist stratification (Steffen 1997).
Natural History
American bugleweed grows in low ground and wet soils around lakes and streams of Louisiana.
Habitat
Marshes, frequently in brackish places, wet soils, about lakes, streams, sloughs.