Common names:
Gypsywort, gipsywort
Family:
Scientific name:
Lycopus europaeus
Main flower color:
Range:
Most common in Wales and central/southern England; also Ireland and western Scotland
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Damp ground beside water, including ditches, ponds, fens and streams
Flowers:
Relatively small; corolla lobes (four) are white with pink/purple flecks (especially the lower lobe), while calyces are light green, divided into five narrow, pointed, equal-sized lobes. The two stamens have white filaments and white anthers, slightly exserted. Corollas are hairy on the inside. Flowers form in compact, dense, well-separated whorls at the upper leaf nodes
Leaves:
Opposite, ovate, yellowish-green, lined by large, irregular teeth or lobes, up to 10 cm long; on square, hairy stems
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
