Scientific Name:
Ajuga reptans
Pronunciation:
uh-JOO-guh REP-tanz
Common Name:
bugleweed, carpet bugleweed
Family Name:
Lamiaceae
Plant Type:
Ground cover, Invasive plant
Key ID Features:
Dense evergreen ground cover; leaves basal and then opposite on runners, mostly ovate, 4-11cm long x 3-7cm wide, bronze-green, margins crenate to irregular; florets crowded in verticillasters, (pink-) blue to purple, May-June.
Habit:
Dense, Horizontal, Spreading
Form:
Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
0.1 - 0.2m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Rocky or gravelly or dry, 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
A. 'Binblasca',
A. 'Black Scallop',
A. ‘Catlin's Giant’, and
A. 'Pink Lightning' (variegated).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite, Basal
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Green, Dark-green, Green-yellow, Purple, Bronze, Nearly Black
Colour in Fall:
Green, Green-yellow, Purple, Dark-red, Bronze
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Rounded
Bases:
Attenuate, Decurrent
Margins:
Ciliate, Crenate, Dentate
Inflorescence Type:
Verticillaster
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Bilabiate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Blue, Purple
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun
Fruit Type:
Schizocarp
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
Not showy, Ovary separates into four tiny mericarps or "nutlets" that are enclosed in a persistent calyx
Bark Morphology:
Smooth
Bark or Stem Colour:
Green, Red
Organ Modifications:
Runners (or stolons)
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Crown rot, Fungal leaf spot, Root rot (Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- CLT Training
- HORT 1193/1293
- HORT 2355
- Level 2 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (GRB) GRass Bed
- (GRBW) GRass Bed West : cv. Black Scallop
- (ONE) Overpass North side East : cv. Variegata under princess tree
- (PDW) PonD West : cvs. Catlins Giant, Black Scallop
- (PPL) Pine PLanting : cv. Black Scallop