Ajuga [4] bugleweed ,[5] ground pine ,[6] carpet bugle , or just bugle , is a genus of flowering plants in the Ajugeae tribe of the mint family Lamiaceae . There are over 60 species[7] annual or perennial , mostly herbaceous plants.[8] [7]
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Ajuga on fine gravel They grow to 5–50 cm (2–20 in) tall, with opposite leaves .[9]
Species accepted within Ajuga include:[3]
Ajuga arabica P.H.Davis – Saudi ArabiaAjuga australis R.Br. - AustraliaAjuga bombycina Boiss. – Aegean Islands, TurkeyAjuga boninsimae Maxim. – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan)Ajuga brachystemon Maxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern IndiaAjuga campylantha Diels – YunnanAjuga campylanthoides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central ChinaAjuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. – Iran, AfghanistanAjuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern AsiaAjuga chasmophila P.H.Davis – SyriaAjuga ciliata Bunge – China, Korea, JapanAjuga davisiana Kit Tan & Yildiz – TurkeyAjuga decaryana Danguy ex R.A.Clement – MadagascarAjuga decumbens Thunb. – decumbent bugle[10] Ajuga dictyocarpa Hayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu IslandsAjuga fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot – KoreaAjuga flaccida Baker – MadagascarAjuga forrestii Diels – China, Tibet, NepalAjuga genevensis L. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North AmericaAjuga grandiflora Stapf – South AustraliaAjuga incisia Maxim – Honshu Island in JapanAjuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New GuineaAjuga iva (L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and PalestineAjuga japonica Miq. – JapanAjuga laxmannii (Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, CaucasusAjuga leucantha Lukhoba – Uganda, DRoC, EthiopiaAjuga linearifolia Pamp. – ChinaAjuga lobata D.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, MyanmarAjuga lupulina Maxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, AssamAjuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern IndochinaAjuga makinoi Nakai – Honshu Island in JapanAjuga mollis Gladkova – CrimeaAjuga multiflora Bunge – Korean pyramid bugle[10] Ajuga nipponensis Makino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, TaiwanAjuga novoguineensis A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New GuineaAjuga nubigena Diels – Tibet, Sichuan, YunnanAjuga oblongata M.Bieb. – Iraq, CaucasusAjuga oocephala Baker – MadagascarAjuga ophrydris Burch. ex Benth. – South Africa, Eswatini, LesothoAjuga orientalis L. – eastern MediterraneanAjuga ovalifolia Bureau & Franch. – ChinaAjuga palaestina [11] Ajuga pantantha Hand.-Mazz. – YunnanAjuga parviflora Benth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, NepalAjuga piskoi Degen & Bald. – Albania, YugoslaviaAjuga postii Briq. – TurkeyAjuga pygmaea A.Gray – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu IslandsAjuga pyramidalis L. – central + southern EuropeAjuga relicta P.H.Davis – TurkeyAjuga reptans L. – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and VenezuelaAjuga robusta Baker – MadagascarAjuga salicifolia (L.) Schreb. – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, TurkeyAjuga saxicola Assadi & Jamzad – IranAjuga sciaphila W.W.Sm. .- southwestern ChinaAjuga shikotanensis Miyabe & Tatew – Japan, Kuril IslandsAjuga sinuata R.Br. – New South WalesAjuga spectabilis Nakai – Korean bugle[10] Ajuga taiwanensis Nakai ex Murata – Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, PhilippinesAjuga tenorii C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl – ItalyAjuga turkestanica (Regel) Briq. – Tajikistan, UzbekistanAjuga vesiculifera Herder – KyrgyzstanAjuga vestita Boiss. – Turkey, IranAjuga xylorrhiza Kit Tan – TurkeyAjuga yesoensis Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. – JapanAjuga zakhoensis Rech.f. – Iraq
Blue bugle (Ajuga genevensis )
Common bugle from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz , 1885
Color specimen of Ajuga nipponica Makino , 1962
Pyramid bugle (Ajuga pyramidalis )
Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607; OED :Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada . Macmillan, New York.
