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Scientific name:

Lycopus europaeus

Vernacular name:

Gypsywort


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Gypsywort

Scientific name: Lycopus europaeus L.

Diagnostic features
Stems erect, to 1m.
Lower leaves partly divided more than 1/2 way to midrib into very acute lobes, tapered to short petiole.
Flowers densely clustered, 3-5mm.

Chromosome number: 2n=22.

Habitat
Native; fens, wet fields, by lakes and rivers.

Distribution
Common over most of England and Wales, much more scattered in Channel Islands, Ireland and Scotland.

This species is keyed out on Page 3093: Salvia & Lycopus in the Text Key.

Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)
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