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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Ajuga reptans''
| image = Ajuga-reptans01.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ajuga]]''
| species = '''''A. reptans'''''
| binomial = ''Ajuga reptans''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|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 plant|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.
[[Image:Ajuga_reptans_20070429_132711_1.jpg|thumbnail|left|Ajuga reptans]]
==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>
==References==
<references/>
* {{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
==External links==
{{wikiversity-bc|Ajuga reptans}}
*[http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/aj_ptans.html Ohio State University: ''Ajuga reptans'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Ajuga+reptans Plants For A Future: ''Ajuga reptans'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AJRE USDA Plants Profile: ''Ajuga reptans'']
| name = ''Ajuga reptans''
| image = Ajuga-reptans01.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ajuga]]''
| species = '''''A. reptans'''''
| binomial = ''Ajuga reptans''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|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 plant|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.
[[Image:Ajuga_reptans_20070429_132711_1.jpg|thumbnail|left|Ajuga reptans]]
==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>
==References==
<references/>
* {{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
==External links==
{{wikiversity-bc|Ajuga reptans}}
*[http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/aj_ptans.html Ohio State University: ''Ajuga reptans'']
*[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Ajuga+reptans Plants For A Future: ''Ajuga reptans'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AJRE USDA Plants Profile: ''Ajuga reptans'']
