Lycopus rubellus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLamiaceae
Family (Traditional)Lamiaceae
GenusLycopus
Species:Lycopus rubellus Moench
Common NameTaperleaf Water Horehound
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Type: Nutlet; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Bath (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Daviess (KY), Edmonson (KY), Gallatin (KY), Harrison (KY), Hickman (KY), Larue (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Morgan (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Ohio (KY), Powell (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Union (KY), Benton (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Sumner (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1938 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100782521 Union Kentucky
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497773 Fentress Tennessee 05 Sep 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5395
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190865 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190876 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190882 White Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190874 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190878 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190863 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190860 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190875 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0051685 White Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0113240 White Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0103189 Ohio Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0082730 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0094532 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497831 Daviess Kentucky 03 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5324
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497823 Powell Kentucky 07 Oct 1997 Kim Feeman
192
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497815 Union Kentucky 28 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5281
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
31973000014751 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190859 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190868 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190862 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190850 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190880 White Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190851 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190872 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0113239 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049851 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0011534 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU027466 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497856 Ohio Kentucky 25 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5627
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190870 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190861 Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190877 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0044053 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049848 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0112359 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0080402 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049847 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0073058 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049849 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU018053 Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
UCHT025752 White Tennessee
UCHT
Lycopus rubellus
BRIT126642 Obion Tennessee 13 Sep 1986 Milo Guthrie
1355
VDB
Lycopus rubellus
BRIT126643 Obion Tennessee 13 Sep 1986 Milo Guthrie
1355
VDB
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497849 Daviess Kentucky 03 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5323
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
31973000014750 Morgan Kentucky
KNK
Lycopus rubellus
31973000014753 Harrison Kentucky
KNK
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0191060 White Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190866 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190881 White Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190867 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049846 Christian Kentucky 15 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0068260 Muhlenberg Kentucky 11 Oct 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0067818 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU031367 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0243988 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0243989 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0229409 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
MEM006530 Carlisle Kentucky 21 Sep 1972 Raymond Athey
2155
MEM
Lycopus rubellus
ETSU005848 Carter Tennessee 08 Oct 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Lycopus rubellus
31973000014752 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190864 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0045358 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0069377 Jackson Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049852 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0098101 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0067837 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
UOS03497 Coffee Tennessee 20 Sep 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Lycopus rubellus
MEM016770 Lauderdale Tennessee 02 Sep 1976 Patrick Keiran
730
MEM
Lycopus rubellus
UCHT025751 White Tennessee
UCHT
Lycopus rubellus
UCHT025754 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lycopus rubellus
SWMT03661 Lake Tennessee 21 May 1938 J. H. D.
254
SWMT
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190852 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190853 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190873 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190848 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190883 White Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190849 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190855 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0069372 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049850 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0101759 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0086878 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0069376 Jackson Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
BRIT530431 Montgomery Tennessee 13 Sep 1947 Alfred Clebsch
1140
VDB
Lycopus rubellus
BRIT126641 Obion Tennessee 13 Sep 1986 Milo Guthrie
1355
VDB
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU036381 White Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0086238 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU018055 McCracken Kentucky
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
UOS03498 Coffee Tennessee 20 Sep 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Lycopus rubellus
ETSU018689 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0245365 White Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190856 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190858 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190879 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190869 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190871 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0049853 Todd Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0085138 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0044052 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
MEM007204 Ballard Kentucky 02 Aug 1968 Raymond Athey
353
MEM
Lycopus rubellus
MEM020651 Shelby Tennessee 02 Oct 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
571
MEM
Lycopus rubellus
MEM006636 Carroll Tennessee 01 Oct 1971 Robert Ross
29
MEM
Lycopus rubellus
31234100497765 White Tennessee 07 Sep 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5426
EKY
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190847 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190857 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
TENN-V-0190854 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0103673 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0012184 Hickman Kentucky 04 Sep 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0116778 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0082109 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
APSC0050663 Edmonson Kentucky 12 Sep 1988 Landon McKinney
APSC
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU027785 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU018054 Hickman Kentucky
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU018052 Johnson Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
HTTU027784 Lake Tennessee
HTTU
Lycopus rubellus
UCHT025758 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lycopus rubellus
MEM017655 Calloway Kentucky 18 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4484
MEM
Lycopus rubellus
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