PLANTS Profile for Lycopus amplectens (clasping water horehound)

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PLANTS Profile

Lycopus amplectens Raf.
clasping water horehound

Symbol:

LYAM2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Lycopus sessilifolius

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 147. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lycopus amplectens Raf.

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Synonyms:
Lycopus amplectens Raf.

	LYAMP	Lycopus amplectens Raf. var. pubens (Britton) Fernald
	LYPU3	Lycopus pubens Britton
	LYSE4	Lycopus sessilifolius A. Gray

Distribution:
Lycopus amplectens Raf.


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USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IN, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Lycopus amplectens Raf.

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 10 species in Lycopus

Classification:
Lycopus amplectens Raf.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Lycopus L. – waterhorehound
Species	Lycopus amplectens Raf. – clasping water horehound

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lycopus amplectens Raf.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
clasping-leaved water-hourhound		Special Concern
Indiana:
sessile-leaved bugleweed		Endangered
Maryland:
sessile-leaved water-horehound		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lycopus amplectens Raf.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lycopus amplectens Raf.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32258.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 05:00 PM CDT