Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lycopus rubellus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in marshes, swamp forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
2 exserted fertile stamens & sometimes 2 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
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