Seasonal Wild Flowers

Gipsywort

Lycopus europaeus

Lamiaceae

June to September

It is found throughout the country but is absent from parts

of the North.

See the BSBI distribution map for Gypsywort

It grows in wet soils on the banks of canals, rivers, streams and

lakes, and in ditches, marshes and dune-slacks.

Gipsywort is a native, rhizomatous, perennial herb, growing up

to 1m.

Flowers are in whorls up the stem. They are small (3mm), white

with purple-pink spots on the lower lip.

They are protandrous with the 2 stamens longer than the corolla.

The calyx is persistent and spiked.

Leaves are oval to lanceolate, with triangular teeth, and

up to 10cm.

Stems are angular and hairy.

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Gipsywort, Lancaster canal

Whorls of small white flowers

Flowers- purple spots, stigmas, stamens, sepals

Toothed leaves