Scientific Name:	Ajuga reptans cvs.
Pronunciation:	uh-JOO-guh REP-tanz
Common Name:	bugleweed
Family Name:	Lamiaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover
Key ID Features:	Very dense ground cover; leaves basal and then opposite on runners, ovate, bronze-green, irregular margins; florets crowded in verticillasters, blue to purple, May-June.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Dense, Horizontal, Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded, Round Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Europe, Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Container planting, Erosion control, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Herb, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include Black Scallop and A. ‘Catlin Giant’.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal, Opposite Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined, Pinnate venation Surfaces: Glabrous, Lustrous Colour in Summer: Purple, Dark-red, Nearly Black, Green, Dark-green, Bronze, Green-yellow Colour in Fall: Purple, Green-yellow, Green, Dark-red, Bronze, Nearly Black Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Oblong, Orbicular, Spatulate Apices: Rounded Bases: Decurrent Margins: Crenate, Dentate Additional Info: form is

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Verticillaster Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Tubular Colour (petals): Showy, Blue, Violet, Purple Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Nut, Schizocarp Fruit Colour: Green Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes, Runners (or stolons)

Propagation:	Layering, Stem tip cuttings
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant, Root rot, Fungal leaf spot, Crown rot

Location(s): (GRBW) GRass Bed West : cv. Black Scallop - near monkey puzzle tree (PPL) Pine PLanting : cv. Black Scallop Location Map

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