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§1 Plant
Ajuga reptans L.
vernacular common bugle — species · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Ajuga
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 105 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 0.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 105 counties across 12 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 14 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AJRE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927078 ↗Record version
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