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Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram
American water horehound

       
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Photo of Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

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Synonyms:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

  LYAML Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram var. longii Benner
  LYAMS Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram var. scabrifolius Fernald
  LYSI3 Lycopus sinuatus Elliot
 

Distribution:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 10 species in Lycopus
 

Classification:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus Lycopus L. – waterhorehound
Species Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram – American water horehound
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

American bugleweed
American water horehound
water horehound

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bartram

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32254.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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