| Scientific Name: | Ajuga pyramidalis 'Metallica Crispa' |
| Common Name: | crisp leaf carpet bugle |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Container planting, Erosion control, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Basal, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Rugose, Pubescent, Obovate, Orbicular, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Blue, Violet, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal and then opposite on runners, rounded, most 2-5cm long x 1-3cm wide, pubescent, wrinkled, dark green-reddish; flower petals bluish, fused at bases with two lower lobes much larger than the others. | |