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Ajuga pyramidalis

(Erect Bugle)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Erect Bugle

Description

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Genus Ajuga

Plants annual , biennial or perennial , herbaceous, rarely shrubs . Leaves simple ; leaf blade papery , margin dentate to incised, rarely subentire . Verticillasters 2- to many flowered, in false spikes; floral leaves similar to stem leaves or gradually reduced to bracts, rarely dissimilar, larger than stem leaves. Flowers subsessile . Calyx ovoid to globose , campanulate to funnelform , 10-veined, sometimes with inconspicuous accessory veins; teeth 5, slightly irregular. Corolla purple to blue, rarely yellow or white, 2-lipped, often persistent in fruit; tube straight to slightly curved , base slightly bent/swollen; throat slightly dilated , villous annulate , rarely glabrous inside; upper lip straight, entire to 2-lobed; lower lip elongate, 3-lobed, with middle lobe obcordate to nearly flabellate and lateral lobes oblong . Stamens 4, didynamous , exserted from upper lip, involute in bud, anterior 2 longer ; filaments straight to slightly curved; anther cells 2, apically confluent . Style subequally 2-cleft, lobes subulate . Nutlets obovoid , triquetrous , netted on back, lateral-ventral side with an areole 1/2-2/3 its length , with an elaiosome.

About 40-50 species: Asia, Europe, especially in the Near East; 18 species in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Evergreen .

Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: blue-violet, medium blue

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 5a, 5b, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Publishing author : Huds. Publication : Fl. Angl. (Hudson) 219 1762

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ajuga

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. australis (Australian Bugle) · A. chamaepitys (Yellow Bugle) · A. chamaepitys f. biennis (Yellow Bugle) · A. genevensis (Blue Bugle) · A. genevensis 'Pink Beauty' (Geneva Bugleweed) · A. pyramidalis (Erect Bugle) · A. pyramidalis 'Metallica Crispa' (Carpet Bugle) · A. pyramidalis 'Purple Crispa' (Bugleweed) · A. reptans (Bugelweed) · A. reptans 'Arboretum Giant' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Black Scallop' (Black Scallop Bugleweed) · A. reptans 'Braunherz' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Bronze Beauty' (Bronze Beauty Bugleweed) · A. reptans 'Burgundy Glow' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Catlins Giant' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Emerald Chip' (Ajuga) · A. reptans 'Gaiety' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Golden Beauty' (Bugleweed) · A. reptans 'Golden Glow' (Ajuga) · A. reptans 'Jungle Beauty' (Jungle Beauty Bugle Weed) · A. reptans 'Mahogany' (Ajuga) · A. reptans 'Min Crispa Red' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Pink Splendour' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Planet Zork' (Planet Zork Bugleweed) · A. reptans 'Purple Brocade' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Purple Torch' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Silver Beauty' (Bugleweed) · A. reptans 'Valfredda' (Bugle) · A. reptans 'Variegata' (Bugle) · A. x 'Chocolate Chip' (Bugleweed)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Ajuga". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 63. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 175.280 meters (575.066 feet), Standard Deviation = 236.700 based on 17,271 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/21/2012