Lycopus uniflorus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Lycopinae
Genus: Lycopus
Species: Lycopus uniflorus
Name

Lycopus uniflorus Michx., 1903
Synonyms

Homotypic
Euhemus uniflorus (Michx.) Raf., Autik. Bot.: 116 (1840).
Heterotypic
Lycopus pumilus Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 211 (1804).
Lycopus virginicus var. parviflorus Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 185 (1833).
Lycopus parviflorus (Benth.) Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 216 (1859).
Lycopus communis E.P.Bicknell in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 803 (1901).
Lycopus membranaceus E.P.Bicknell in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 804 (1901).
Lycopus coreanus H.Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 423 (1910).
Lycopus uniflorus var. macrophyllus Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 187 (1918).
Lycopus uniflorus var. membranacea Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 187 (1918).
Lycopus uniflorus var. ovatus Fernald & H.St.John, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 92 (1921).
Lycopus uniflorus f. flagellaris Fernald, Rhodora 23: 289 (1922).
Lycopus uniflorus var. parviflorus (Benth.) Kitag., Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 547 (1979).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: USA
Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming
Regional: Canada
Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Eastern Asia
Amur, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Sakhalin
Introduced into:
Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1:14. 1803

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Lycopus uniflorus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Lycopus uniflorus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Lycopus uniflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Lycopus uniflorus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 13 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lycopus uniflorus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
日本語: エゾシロネ

Lycopus uniflorus is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name northern bugleweed. It is native to much of North America (Canada, United States) and east Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Russian Far East)

Lycopus uniflorus can be found most often in moist areas, such as marshes. This is a perennial herb growing from a slender rhizome with thickened, tuberlike tips. The plant grows upright 10 to 50 centimeters tall. Its stem is lined with pairs of toothed leaves with heads of flowers in their axils. The flower is white and a few millimeters in length.

The root of the plant was used as a food by several Native American groups.[1] The tubers can be peeled and eaten raw, or pickled.[2]
References

Ethnobotany
Elias, Thomas S.; Dykeman, Peter A. (2009) [1982]. Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods. New York: Sterling. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4027-6715-9. OCLC 244766414.