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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Lamiaceae
Lycopus uniflorus Michx.
northern bugleweed, northern water-horehound
Lycopus: from Greek lukos, "wolf," and pous, "foot"
uniflorus: Latin for "one-flowered"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-40" tall, aromatic forb; stems square; creeping stolon ending with a shallow tuber |
| Flower: | white, 5 lobed, tiny, 2 stamens slightly longer than the petals; inflorescence tight, small, whorled clusters from the leaf axils; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet,  |
| Leaf: | opposite, long and narrow with a pointed tip and a few shallow teeth |
| Habitat: | moist; meadows, marshes, streambanks, cliffs |
| (Glossary) |
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