Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Lycopus// Species: Lycopus europaeus L.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).

Distribution: Native to Azores, Northwest Africa, Europe to Siberia and China according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Wet places, on the banks of streams and rivers.

Lifeform: Perrenial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Summer to fall (AUG, SEP).

Lycopus europaeus – habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – stem with cauline leaves and verticillasters. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – stem with cauline leaves and verticillasters. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – verticillaster. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – verticillaster. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – verticillaster. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – verticillaster. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – cauline leaf. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – cauline leaf. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lycopus europaeus – cauline leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Lycopus europaeus L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449641-1 [Accessed 31.08.2021].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.