Lycopus asper Greene
rough water horehound (rough bugleweed)
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
rough water horehound (rough bugleweed)
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from thick rhizome that is tuber-like near tip; stems erect, 20-80 cm tall, stiff, stout, simple or branched, 4-angled, spreading short-hairy.
Leaves:
Opposite, usually ascending, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2-10 cm long, 0.6-3.5 cm wide, narrowed to a rounded base, usually unstalked, glabrous or fine-hairy, margins coarsely but evenly toothed; uppermost leaves gradually to scarcely reduced.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of many head-like, axillary flower clusters; corollas tubular, 4-lobed, white, 3-5 mm long, slightly surpassing the calyces; calyx teeth 5, awl-like, pointed to short-awned.
Fruits:
Nutlets, 4 clustered together, 1.5-2 mm long, 1.4-1.8 mm wide, 3-angled, corky-thickened on edges, flat and often minutely toothed at the top.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
USDA Species Characteristics
Blooming Period:
Mid Summer
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lycopus asper
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
590 | 485 | 626 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
2 | 1 | 5 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
143 | 100 | 186 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 5 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
5 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(1), IDF(2), PP(1), SBS(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Marshes, streams and lake margins in the steppe and montane zones; infrequent in C and S BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; N to AK, E to ON, and S to IA, CO and CAStatus Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lycopus lucidus auct. non Turcz. ex Benth. p.p.
Lycopus lucidus subsp. americanus (A. Gray) Hultén
Lycopus lucidus var. americanus A. Gray