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Lycopus americanus

 

     Common Water Horehound

Lamiaceae

 

 

 

 

 
  Fruits.

  Fruit Type:  Nutlets surrounded by calyx

  Fruiting Period:  Oct

  Flowering Period:   Jul - Sep

      

 

 
Seeds.

  Color:  Brown (lighter margins)

  Size:  1 x 1.5 mm

  Shape:  Triangular with winged margins

  Surface Features:  Oval central zone 

  Scarification: 

  Stratification:   

 

 
Seedlings.

  Cotyledons:

  Leaf arrangement:  Opposite

  Leaves:  Simple, triangular, petiole, deeply serrated, prominent veins

  Other:  Square stem