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botanical illustration of American Bugle, Lycopus americanus

botanical record · discovered

American Bugle

Lycopus americanus

American Bugle · Aandegopin · American Bugleweed · American Water Hore-hound · American Water Horehound · American Waterhorehound · American bugleweed · American water hore-hound · American water horehound · American water-horehound · American waterhorehound · Cut-leaf Water-horehound · Water Horehound · Waterhorehound · cut-leaf water-horehound · karbinec americký · lycope d'Amérique

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: GERMACRENE-D, 3-OCTANOL, 1-OCTEN-3-OL, EO

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Lamiaceae

Scientific name: Lycopus americanus

Common names: American Bugle, Aandegopin, American Bugleweed, American Water Hore-hound, American Water Horehound, American Waterhorehound, American bugleweed, American water hore-hound, American water horehound, American water-horehound, American waterhorehound, Cut-leaf Water-horehound, Water Horehound, Waterhorehound, cut-leaf water-horehound, karbinec americký, lycope d'Amérique

POWO: 147703-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Lycopus americanus subsp. Laurentianus (Lamiaceae): An Eastern Canadian Endemic Taxon New to the United States · 2021 source ↗
  • Introgression in Canadian populations of Lycopus americanus Muhl. and Lycopus europaeus L. (Labiatae). · 1980 source ↗
  • Introgressive hybridization and habitat separation in Lycopus americanus and Lycopus europaeus at the southwestern shores of Lake Erie. · 1981 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • GERMACRENE-D
  • 3-OCTANOL
  • 1-OCTEN-3-OL
  • EO
  • LIANLOOL

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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