Scientific name: Ajuga reptans L.
Common name: Bugle
Description
Habit: A delicate biennial or perennial, to 30 cm high.
Stems: Erect, square, with long-creeping rhizome.
Leaves: Opposite, undivided, stalked, oval; basal leaves appearing only after flowering, 3-lobed, the lobes further lobed.
Flowers: Blue, zygomorphic, hermaphrodite, in axillary whorl-like clusters, forming a terminal spike, 2-4 cm long; inflorescence bracts green; calyx tubular, of five fused sepals, 6-7-toothed, teeth equal; corolla tubular, of 5 fused petals, 2-lipped, upper lip minute, lower lip 4-lobed, corolla tube with a small ring of hairs inside; stamens 4, attached to the corolla, usually in two pairs, one longer than the other, ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4 1-seeded nutlets.
Habitat: Woods, scrub, riverbanks, shady roadsides.Distribution: Occasional.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No