Index / Search / Lycopus rubellus
§1 Plant
Lycopus rubellus Moench
vernacular taperleaf water horehound — species · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Lycopus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 566 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7.2
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, tubers
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 566 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Fayette 17051
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Ogle 17141
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Wayne 17191
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Blackford 18009
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Clark 21049
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Fulton 21075
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Hart 21099
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Larue 21123
- Lyon 21143
- McCracken 21145
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Robertson 21201
- Russell 21207
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Hancock 39063
- Henry 39069
- Huron 39077
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Paulding 39125
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Edgefield 45037
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Marion 45067
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Hamilton 47065
- Haywood 47075
- Humphreys 47085
- Johnson 47091
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Sumner 47165
- Warren 47177
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Freestone 48161
- Hardin 48199
- Harrison 48203
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Matagorda 48321
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- Smith 48423
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Clarke 51043
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Greensville 51081
- James City 51095
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYRU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5341465 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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