AJUGA 



(From the Latin a, not, and jugare, to yoke; because the calyx is not bilabiate) 

 Labiata 



1 60. Ajuga reptans 



English Names: Bugle, Bugle weed, Carpenter's herb. Middle comfrey, 

 Middle consound, Sicklewort, Dead man's bellows, Helfringwort, Wild mint. 



EUROPE MAY AND EARLY JUNE 



NUMEROUS small blue flowers carried in erect spikes, from six to 

 twelve inches high, on creeping leafy stems. Foliage oval and 

 glossy, forming a dense ground covering. A very fast-spreading creeper 

 useful for covering shady 

 slopes. 



A hardy perennial of 

 easiest culture in any 

 common soil; will grow 

 in sun or shade. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



Var. rilbra. More 

 commonly cultivated 

 than the type, on ac- 

 count of its dark pur- 

 plish leaves; its flow- 

 ers are blue like those of 

 the type. 



Var. variegata (shown 

 in the photograph) has 

 leaves splashed and edged 

 with creamy yellow. 

 Not so good as the type. 



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