European water-horehound

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Lycopus europaeus

European water-horehound, a reference photo
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Lycopus europaeus, common names gypsywort, gipsywort, bugleweed, European bugleweed and water horehound, is a perennial plant in the genus Lycopus, native to Europe and Asia, and naturalized elsewhere. Another species, Lycopus americanus has also been erroneously called L. europaeus.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of European water-horehound being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Lycopus
Species
Lycopus europaeus

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