Erect Bugle

(Ajuga genevensis)

 

G.C. Oeder et al., 1761-1874. Flora Danica.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Erect Bugle (Ajuga genevensis)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers pastel blue, streaked with white and darker blue. Lower petal lobe strongly bilobed and flanked by two elongate lateral petal lobes. Upper petal lobe short. Flowers arranged in a terminal spike, mixed with leaves. Stem covered with bristly hairs. Leaves lacking hairs, ovate, usually tinged with purple, especially on the undersides. Plant without runners. Plant 4 to 8 inches in height.

Distribution: Illinois in the west to New York and southern New England in the east, southward to Maryland.

Habitat: Erect Bugle is a weed found in fields, lawns, and along roadsides.

Flowering period: May to July.

Erect Bugle (Ajuga genevensis)

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