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water horehounds
Lycopus
Lycopus (waterhorehound, gypsywort, or bugleweed) is a genus in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and stream banks. Some of the wetland species have become endangered.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European water-horehound
speciesLycopus europaeus
American bugleweed
speciesLycopus americanus
northern bugleweed
speciesLycopus uniflorus
sweet bugleweed
speciesLycopus virginicus
cut-leaved gypsywort
speciesLycopus exaltatus
taperleaf waterhorehound
speciesLycopus rubellus
Rough Bugleweed
speciesLycopus asper
Australian Bugleweed
speciesLycopus australis
Shiny bugleweed
speciesLycopus lucidus
clasping water horehound
speciesLycopus amplectens
Lycopus maackianus
speciesLycopus maackianus
Lycopus charkeviczii
speciesLycopus charkeviczii
Narrowleaf Bugleweed
speciesLycopus angustifolius
Carolina Water Horehound
speciesLycopus cokeri
Sherard's water-horehound
hybridLycopus × sherardii
Lycopus × intermedius
hybridLycopus × intermedius
Lycopus glandulosus
speciesLycopus glandulosus
Lycopus cavaleriei
speciesLycopus cavaleriei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60208.