| Lycopus | |
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| Lycopus europaeus[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Genus: | Lycopus L. |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Lycopus is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae. The many species are known as water horehound,[3] gypsywort, and bugleweed and are native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.[2] The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and stream banks. Some of the wetland species have become endangered.[4]
- ^ Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lycopus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ PLANTS Profile for Lycopus rubellus (taperleaf water horehound) | USDA PLANTS