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Ajuga reptans, Linn. St. prostrate: Ivs. ovate or obovate, entire or sinuate, shiny. — A low, dense, fast-spreading creeper, excellent for covering shady slopes. The typical and white-fld. forms are less cult. than the following: Var. rubra, Hort. More valued for its dark purple Ivs. than its blue fls. Var. variegata, Hort. Fig. Lvs. splashed and edged creamy yellow. Var. atropurpurea, Hort. Fls. purplish blue. May. — Useful for carpeting the ground in shady places.
 
Ajuga reptans, Linn. St. prostrate: Ivs. ovate or obovate, entire or sinuate, shiny. — A low, dense, fast-spreading creeper, excellent for covering shady slopes. The typical and white-fld. forms are less cult. than the following: Var. rubra, Hort. More valued for its dark purple Ivs. than its blue fls. Var. variegata, Hort. Fig. Lvs. splashed and edged creamy yellow. Var. atropurpurea, Hort. Fls. purplish blue. May. — Useful for carpeting the ground in shady places.

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. to 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: ⇔ 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 48 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 48.
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers, ground cover
USDA Zones: 5 to 10
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Read about Ajuga reptans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ajuga reptans, Linn. St. prostrate: Ivs. ovate or obovate, entire or sinuate, shiny. — A low, dense, fast-spreading creeper, excellent for covering shady slopes. The typical and white-fld. forms are less cult. than the following: Var. rubra, Hort. More valued for its dark purple Ivs. than its blue fls. Var. variegata, Hort. Fig. Lvs. splashed and edged creamy yellow. Var. atropurpurea, Hort. Fls. purplish blue. May. — Useful for carpeting the ground in shady places.


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Ajuga reptans
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Ajuga
Species: A. reptans

Binomial name
Ajuga reptans
L.

Ajuga reptans (Blue bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Common bugle) is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe. This plant is often used as medicinal and ornamental plant.

The bugle has dark green leaves with purple highlights. It is a spreading ground cover that grows in a dense mat. The leaves grow 2-3 inches high but in the spring it sends up 4-6 inch tall flower stalks with many purple flowers on them.

Ajuga reptans

In folklore

Bugle is also known as "carpenter's herb" due to its supposed ability to stem bleeding.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Michael. Traditional Folk Remedies (Century, 1987), p108

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