Lycopus uniflorus

Northern bugleweed

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Northern bugleweed is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, and Modoc Plateau in moist areas, marshes, and near springs at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small white flowers approximately 2.5 to 4 millimeters long. Growing with ascending to erect stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall that are finely hairy, it spreads through slender rhizomes with thickened, tuber-like tips. Its leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, generally 2 to 6 centimeters long with serrated edges and short petioles. The plant produces small nutlets 1 to 2 millimeters long with truncate tips.

Habitat: Moist areas, marshes, near springs

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, MP

California counties: Humboldt, Tuolumne, Plumas, Nevada, Lassen, Del Norte, Placer, Mariposa, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.