Mint Family – Lamiaceae
Actual flower size: Less than 1/4 inch long
Bugleweed is also called Northern Water-Horehound or Northern Bugleweed.
Plant Description: Bugleweed has erect, leafy, finely hairy, square stems, 4 to 60 inch tall. The leaves are opposite, lance-shaped to elliptic, short stalked, 1 to 4 in long, coarsely hairy, and irregularly toothed. The stems are usually unbranched and have whorled clusters of small white flowers in the leaf axils.
Flower Description: The tiny (less than ¼ in long), 2 lipped, white or pinkish flowers have a short, stalkless tube. The lower lip is 3-lobed and hairy. There are 2 stamens and a 4-lobed ovary.
Ecology: Bugleweed grows in marshes, stream banks, lakeshores, and bogs. It is common at low to middle elevations on both sides of the cascades
Note: Bugleweed is scentless.
Bugleweed Photo Gallery
Photo information: These photos were taken on August 17, 2013, in my garden.
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