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Bugle (plant)
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Ajuga also known as Bugleweed, Ground pine or Carpet bugle, is a genus of about 40–50 species of annual
and perennial
herbaceous
flowering plant
s in the mint family Lamiaceae
, with most species native to Europe
, Asia
, and Africa
, but also two species in southeastern Australia
. They grow to 5–50 cm tall, with opposite leaves
.
Selected species
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
and perennial
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
herbaceous
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the mint family Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
, with most species native to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, but also two species in southeastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. They grow to 5–50 cm tall, with opposite leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
.
Selected species
- Ajuga australisAjuga australisAjuga reptans, commonly known as Austral bugle, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Eastern Australia. First described by Robert Brown, it is occasionally seen in horticulture....
- Austral Bugle - Ajuga decumbens - Kiransou
- Ajuga bombycina
- Ajuga bracteosa
- Ajuga campylantha
- Ajuga campylanthoides
- Ajuga chamaepitysAjuga chamaepitysAjuga chamaepitys is a species of flowering plant of the family Lamiaceae. Popularly known as Yellow bugle or Ground pine, the plant has many of the same characteristics and properties as Ajuga reptans. A. chamaepitys can be found in Europe, the Eastern part of the Mediterranean, and North...
- Yellow Bugle - Ajuga chasmophila
- Ajuga chia
- Ajuga ciliata
- Ajuga decaryana
- Ajuga decumbens
- Ajuga dictyocarpa
- Ajuga flaccida
- Ajuga forrestii
- Ajuga genevensisAjuga genevensisAjuga genevensis is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe...
- Blue Bugle, Geneva Bugleweed - Ajuga grandiflora
- Ajuga glabra
- Ajuga iva
- Ajuga japonica
- Ajuga laxmannii
- Ajuga linearifolia
- Ajuga lobata
- Ajuga lupulina
- Ajuga macrosperma
- Ajuga makinoi
- Ajuga mollis
- Ajuga multiflora
- Ajuga nipponensis
- Ajuga nubigena
- Ajuga novoguineensis
- Ajuga oblongata
- Ajuga oocephala
- Ajuga ophrydris
- Ajuga orientalis
- Ajuga ovalifolia
- Ajuga pantantha
- Ajuga piskoi
- Ajuga postii
- Ajuga pygmaea
- Ajuga pyramidalisAjuga pyramidalisAjuga pyramidalis is a flowering plant of the genus Ajuga in the family Lamiaceae.It is a native plant in Europe.-References:...
- Pyramidal Bugle - Ajuga relicta
- Ajuga remota
- Ajuga reptansAjuga reptansAjuga reptans, commonly known as Blue bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet Bungleweed, Common bugle, or Burgundy lace, is an herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant. It is invasive in parts of North America.-Description:The bugle has...
- Common Bugle - Ajuga robusta
- Ajuga salicifolia
- Ajuga sciaphila
- Ajuga shikotanensis
- Ajuga sinuata
- Ajuga taiwanensis
- Ajuga tenorii - Bugleweed
- Ajuga turkestanica
- Ajuga vestita
- Ajuga xylorrhiza
- Ajuga yesoensis