Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopus rubellus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Stalked Bugleweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopus rubellus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-31-006a:
Lycopus rubellus var. rubellus FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus rubellus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus velutinus
COMMON NAME:
Stalked Bugleweed, Taperleaf Bugleweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyru_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyru_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110415_573
April Carroll County GA
Leaves evidently petiolate, the petioles narrowly winged, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm110415_577
April Carroll County GA
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, tips acuminate, bases long-cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopus rubellus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopus rubellus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-31-006a:
Lycopus rubellus var. rubellus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus rubellus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus velutinus
2228
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamp forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles narrowly winged
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
4-5 lobed calyx
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!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p195
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p236
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