| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains, but scattered across the state.
Native of Europe; in N.A. -- N.S. to Ont. south to FL and TX; also B.C. to MT, UT, OR. | |
| Abundance | Rare to uncommon in the Mountains; rare elsewhere. | |
| Habitat | Lawn weed (some or most seeding in from gardens), campus weed, roadside banks, pine-hardwood forest, creek bank. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting March-June. | |
| Identification | Carpet-bugle is an old garden favorite. The plants are perennial from surficial stolons that have pairs of ovate leaves. A central, leafy stem grows erect with a terminal, dense inflorescence, altogether only 4-10 inches tall, with blue or violet flowers. Nothing else looks quite like it, though an inexperienced person might try to turn the very common Ground-ivy (Glechoma reptans) into this species, as they have similar flowers (but not inflorescences). | |
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| Other Common Name(s) | Often known as Bugleweed or Blue Bugle(weed), but as the members of the genus Lycopus are generally named as "bugleweed", this exotic species must use a different and non-confusing common name. | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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