Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lycopus uniflorus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Northern Bugleweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lycopus uniflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-31-002:
Lycopus uniflorus FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus uniflorus
COMMON NAME:
Northern Bugleweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lycopus uniflorus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lycopus uniflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-31-002:
Lycopus uniflorus
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopus uniflorus
3331
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, seeps, wet forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
5-lobed corolla
2 exserted fertile stamens & sometimes 2 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
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) p196
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p144?
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