gypsywort
Latin name: Lycopus europaeus
Family: Lamiaceae
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Flowering time: June to September
Height: to 1m
Growing conditions: wet soils, near the river
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Description
A tall perennial member of the dead-nettle family and is closely related to mints and thymes.
How to identify: Gypsywort has stiff distinctive square stems which have pairs of sharply serrated leaves that have whorls of delicate small white flowers at the base dotted with purple.
How to propagate: grey text
Family: Lamiaceae
Other common names; grey text
Flowering time: June to September
Height: to 1m
Growing conditions: wet soils, near the river
Nectar source for: grey text
Food source for: grey text
Description
A tall perennial member of the dead-nettle family and is closely related to mints and thymes.
How to identify: Gypsywort has stiff distinctive square stems which have pairs of sharply serrated leaves that have whorls of delicate small white flowers at the base dotted with purple.
How to propagate: grey text