Seasonal Wild Flowers

Gipsywort

Lycopus europaeus

Lamiaceae

June to September

It is found throughout the country but is absent from parts

of the North.

For a map see the National Biodiversity Network Gateway

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