Ajuga reptans
| Habit | herbaceous
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| 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. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers, ground cover, fire resistant |
| USDA Zones: | 5 to 10 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
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Read about Ajuga reptans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.
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Ajuga reptans is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe. This plant is often used as 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.
In folklore
Ajuga reptans is also known as "carpenter's herb" due to its supposed ability to stem bleeding.[1]
References
- ↑ Howard, Michael. Traditional Folk Remedies (Century, 1987), p108