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Scientific name:

Ajuga reptans

Vernacular name:

Bugle


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Bugle

Scientific name: Ajuga reptans L.

Diagnostic features
Stolons present.
Flowering stems erect, to 30cm.
Bracts green or blue-tinged (a copper-leaved cultivar exists).
Corolla blue, rarely pink or white.

Chromosome number: 2n=32.

Habitat
Native; woods, shady places, damp grassland.

Distribution
Common throughout most of British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 3087 in the Text Key.

Hybrids
- Ajuga x pseudopyramidalis Schur (= Ajuga reptans x Ajuga pyramidalis) (Synonym: Ajuga x hampeana A. Braun & Vatke) has occurred near the parents in Co Clare, West Sutherland, East Ross and Orkney; it is sterile and intermediate in most characters, forming stolons late in the season. Possibly now extinct.

Ajuga reptans (Bugle)
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