Characteristics
Dicots
Lycopus virginicus L.
VIRGINIA WATERHOREHOUND
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Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
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Classification
LAMIALES
Lycopus virginicus L. - VIRGINIA WATERHOREHOUND
Citation
LYCOPUS VIRGINICUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 21. 1753.
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VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 185 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by N. C. Henderson, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 68: 110. 1962.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Calhoun
FSU
 
Escambia
USF
 
Gadsden
USF
 
Jackson
FLAS
 
Leon
FLAS
 
Liberty
USF
 
Marion
FSU
 
Okaloosa
UWFP
 
Santa Rosa
UWFP
 
Walton
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Euhemus officinalis
Euhemus officinalis Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 115. 1840, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Lycopus virginicus Linnaeus 1753.
 
Euhemus surculosus
Euhemus surculosus Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 115. 1840, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Euhemus officinalis Rafinesque 1840, nom. illegit.; Lycopus virginicus Linnaeus 1753.
 
Lycopus communis
Lycopus communis E. P. Bicknell ex Britton, Man. Fl. N. States 803. 1901.
 
TYPE: NEW YORK:
Lycopus membranaceus
Lycopus membranaceus E. P. E. P. Bicknell ex Britton, Man. Fl. N. States 804. 1901.
 
TYPE: MAINE:
Lycopus uniflorus var. membranaceus
Lycopus uniflorus Michaux, var. membranaceus (Bicknell ex Britton) Farwell, Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 187. 1918.
BASIONYM: Lycopus membranaceus E. P. Bicknell ex Britton 1901.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Baldwin, Cocke, Elbert, Escambia, Gadsden, Greenville, Hall, Lee, Liberty, Macon, Richland, Tishomingo, Transylvania, Vernon Par., Walt

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 1993

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Alabama
Baldwin Co.
25 Nov 1981
9819
G. Wilhelm
USA
Alabama
Escambia Co.
27 Nov 1981
9880
G. Wilhelm
USA
Florida
Escambia Co.
13 Sep 1980
8078A
B. F. Hansen
USA
Florida
Gadsden Co.
24 Oct 1963
63231
R. K. Godfrey
USA
Florida
Liberty Co.
15 Nov 1964
65022
R. K. Godfrey
USA
Florida
Walton Co.
24 Nov 1981
9752
G. Wilhelm
USA
Georgia
Elbert Co.
26 Aug 1978
2006
N. C. Coile
USA
Georgia
Hall Co.
25 Sep 1955
19442
W. H. Duncan
USA
Louisiana
Vernon Par.
29 Apr 1955
4039
G. R. Cooley
USA
Louisiana
Vernon Par.
29 Apr 1955
4039
G. R. Cooley
Plant Photos
Lycopus virginicus - 270
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Lycopus virginicus - 270
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Lycopus virginicus - 270
Lycopus_virginicus3.jpg