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Carpet Bugle
Carpet Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Runners
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A low-growing perennial groundcover in the mint family that spreads rapidly via surface-running stolons to form dense, weed-suppressing mats. In spring it sends up vivid violet-blue flower spikes that attract bumblebees before most other plants have bloomed.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Ajuga
Species
Ajuga reptans