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''Lycopus rubellus'' is a dioecious perennial forb/herb.<ref name="USDA"/> It produces white flowers.<ref name="Ladybird">Plant database: ''Lycopus rubellus''. (01 February 2018) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LYRU</ref> Leaves are lance-ovate and 5-12 cm long with a sessile or short petiole. Rhizomes produce tubers at the extremities.<ref name="Tobe et al 1998">Tobe JD, Burks KC, Cantrell RW, Garland MA, Sweeley ME, Hall DW, Wallace P, Anglin G, Nelson G, Cooper JR, Bickner D, Gillbert K, Aymond N, Greenwood K, Raymond (1998) Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallhassee, FL.</ref>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 09:18, 2 February 2018

Lycopus rubellus
Lycopus rubellus SEF.jpg
Photo by the Southeastern Flora Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lycopus
Species: L. rubellus
Binomial name
Lycopus rubellus
Moench
LYCO RUBE DIST.JPG
Natural range of Lycopus rubellus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Names: stalked bugleweed;[1] taperleaf water horehound[2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: L. velutinus;[1][2] L. angustifolius[2]

Description

Lycopus rubellus is a dioecious perennial forb/herb.[2] It produces white flowers.[3] Leaves are lance-ovate and 5-12 cm long with a sessile or short petiole. Rhizomes produce tubers at the extremities.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs from Maine, westward to Michigan, and southward to Florida and Texas.[1] Reports also exist for its occurrence in Oregon.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

L. rubellus is found in marshes, swamp forests, and bottomlands.[1] On Arkansas floating mats, L. rubellus composed less than 1% of the vegetative cover.[5] In Indiana, L. rubellus grows on floating logs, stumps, and at bases of living trees.[6]

Phenology

In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, L. rubellus flowers from June through November.[1]

Seed bank and germination

After submerging seeds in a water filled jar for 130 days, speeds from L. rubellus still germinated and produced seedlings.[7]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 01 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
  3. Plant database: Lycopus rubellus. (01 February 2018) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LYRU
  4. Tobe JD, Burks KC, Cantrell RW, Garland MA, Sweeley ME, Hall DW, Wallace P, Anglin G, Nelson G, Cooper JR, Bickner D, Gillbert K, Aymond N, Greenwood K, Raymond (1998) Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallhassee, FL.
  5. Huffman RT, Lonard RI (1983) Successional patterns on floating vegetation mats in a southwestern Arkansas bald cypress swamp. Castanea 48(2):73-78.
  6. Homoya MA, Hedge CL (1982) The upland sinkhole swamps and ponds of Harrison County, Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 92:383-388.
  7. Shull GH (1914) The longevity of submerged seeds. The Plant World 17(11):329-337.