Lycopus europaeus - Gypsywort

Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) is a perennial herb of riverbanks, ditches, marshes, and fens across Europe, the Mediterranean, and north and central Asia. Its root is edible but only as an emergency food — a famine food used only when all else fails.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Emergency food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Attracting bees¹

Footnotes

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