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|familia=Lamiaceae
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|genus=Ajuga
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|species=reptans
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|common_name=Carpet Bugle, Blue bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Common bugle
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|habit=herbaceous
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|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|Min ht box=4
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|Min ht metric=in
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|Max ht box=8
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|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|Min wd box=12
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|Min wd metric=in
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|Max wd box=48
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|Max wd metric=in
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|lifespan=perennial
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|exposure=sun, part-sun
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|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|features=flowers, ground cover, fire resistant
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|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
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|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|flowers=blue, purple
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|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=5
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|max_zone=10
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|image=Ajuga-reptans01.jpg
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|image_width=240
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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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{{Taxobox
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| name = ''Ajuga reptans''
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| image = Ajuga-reptans01.jpg
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| image_width = 250px
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
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| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ajuga]]''
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| species = '''''A. reptans'''''
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| binomial = ''Ajuga reptans''
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| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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'''''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]].
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'''''Ajuga reptans''''' is a herbaceous [[flowering plant]] native to [[Europe]]. This plant is often used as [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] and [[ornamental plant]].
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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.
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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==
Bugle 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>
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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==
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