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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Ajuga reptans''
|familia=Lamiaceae
| image = Ajuga-reptans01.jpg
|genus=Ajuga
| image_width = 250px
|species=reptans
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|common_name=Carpet Bugle, Blue bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Common bugle
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|habit=herbaceous
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|Min ht box=4
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
|Min ht metric=in
| genus = ''[[Ajuga]]''
|Max ht box=8
| species = '''''A. reptans'''''
|Max ht metric=in
| binomial = ''Ajuga reptans''
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
|Min wd box=12
|Min wd metric=in
|Max wd box=48
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun, part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers, ground cover, fire resistant
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=5
|max_zone=10
|image=Ajuga-reptans01.jpg
|image_width=240
}}
}}
{{Inc|
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''''' ('''Blue bugle''', '''Bugleherb''', '''Bugleweed''', '''Carpetweed''', '''Common bugle''') is a herbaceous [[flowering plant]] native to [[Europe]]. This plant is often used as [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] and [[ornamental plant]].
'''''Ajuga reptans''''' is a herbaceous [[flowering plant]] native to [[Europe]]. This plant is often used as [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] and [[ornamental plant]].
It 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.
[[Image:Ajuga_reptans_20070429_132711_1.jpg|thumbnail|left|Ajuga reptans]]
[[Image:Ajuga_reptans_20070429_132711_1.jpg|thumbnail|left|Ajuga reptans]]
==In folklore==
==In folklore==
Ajuga reptans is also known as "carpenter's herb" due to its supposed ability to stem bleeding.<ref>Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p108</ref>
==References==
==References==