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
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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.
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).
Gill Newberry gn09_lycopus_v_branch
September
Stems quadrangular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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).
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
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