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Bugleweed, Ajuga, Blue Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Lamiaceae - Mint Family

▲ purple-foliaged cultivar

▲ flowering plants in spring

Ajuga reptans Ajuga, Bugleweed, Blue Bugle, Bugleflower

Location on or near campus:  in Xeriscape Garden south of campus at corner of East Linwood and South National.

·         deciduous to semi-evergreen groundcover with simple, opposite obovate leaves with rounded tip and slightly crenate leaves; leaf color may be green, purplish or variegated

·         grows to about 4-6" high and has spikes of deep purple-blue flowers in mid-spring

·         good for shady to partly shady, moist, high organic matter soils

·         spreads by stolons

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