Bugleweed

Last updated March 17, 2019

The name bugleweed is a common name which can refer to several unrelated plants:

Ajuga , especially
- Ajuga reptans , the most common species in the British Isles
Lycopus , the genus to which the gypsywort belongs

Ajuga, also known as bugleweed, ground pine, carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of 40 species annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, with most species native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but also two species in southeastern Australia. They grow to 5–50 cm tall, with opposite leaves.

Ajuga arabicaP.H.Davis – Saudi Arabia
Ajuga australis R.Br. - Australia
Ajuga bombycinaBoiss. – Aegean Islands, Turkey
Ajuga boninsimaeMaxim. – Ogasawara-shoto
Ajuga brachystemonMaxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India
Ajuga campylanthaDiels – Yunnan
Ajuga campylanthoidesC.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central China
Ajuga chamaecistusGing. ex Benth. – Iran, Afghanistan
Ajuga chamaepitys(L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern Asia
Ajuga chasmophilaP.H.Davis – Syria
Ajuga ciliataBunge – China, Korea, Japan
Ajuga davisianaKit Tan & Yildiz – Turkey
Ajuga decaryanaDanguy ex R.A.Clement – Madagascar
Ajuga decumbensThunb. – decumbent bugle – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Ajuga dictyocarpaHayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Ajuga faurieiH.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
Ajuga flaccidaBaker – Madagascar
Ajuga forrestiiDiels – China, Tibet, Nepal
Ajuga genevensisL. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America
Ajuga grandifloraStapf – South Australia
Ajuga incisiaMaxim – Honshu Island in Japan
Ajuga integrifoliaBuch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia, New Guinea
Ajuga iva(L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine
Ajuga japonicaMiq. – Japan
Ajuga laxmannii(Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus
Ajuga leucanthaLukhoba – Uganda, Zaire, Ethiopia
Ajuga linearifoliaPamp. – China
Ajuga lobataD.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
Ajuga lupulinaMaxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
Ajuga macrospermaWall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern Indochina
Ajuga makinoiNakai – Honshu Island in Japan
Ajuga mollisGladkova – Crimea
Ajuga multifloraBunge – Korean pyramid bugle – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye
Ajuga nipponensisMakino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan
Ajuga novoguineensisA.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New Guinea
Ajuga nubigenaDiels – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
Ajuga oblongataM.Bieb. – Iraq, Caucasus
Ajuga oocephalaBaker – Madagascar
Ajuga ophrydrisBurch. ex Benth. – South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho
Ajuga orientalisL. – eastern Mediterranean
Ajuga ovalifoliaBureau & Franch. – China
Ajuga pantanthaHand.-Mazz. – Yunnan
Ajuga parvifloraBenth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal
Ajuga piskoiDegen & Bald. – Albania, Yugoslavie
Ajuga postiiBriq. – Turkey
Ajuga pygmaeaA.Gray – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Ajuga pyramidalisL. – central + southern Europe
Ajuga relictaP.H.Davis – Turkey
Ajuga reptansL. – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and Venezuela
Ajuga robustaBaker – Madagascar
Ajuga salicifolia(L.) Schreb. – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, Turkey
Ajuga saxicolaAssadi & Jamzad – Iran
Ajuga sciaphilaW.W.Sm..- southwestern China
Ajuga shikotanensisMiyabe & Tatew – Japan, Kuril Islands
Ajuga sinuataR.Br. – New South Wales
Ajuga spectabilisNakai – Korean bugle – Korea
Ajuga taiwanensisNakai ex Murata – Taiwa, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines
Ajuga tenoriiC.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl – Italy
Ajuga turkestanica(Regel) Briq. – Tajikistan
Ajuga vesiculiferaHerder – Kyrgyzstan
Ajuga vestitaBoiss. – Turkey, Iran
Ajuga xylorrhizaKit Tan – Turkey
Ajuga yesoensisMaxim. ex Franch. & Sav. – Japan
Ajuga zakhoensisRech.f. – Iraq

Ajuga reptans is commonly known as bugle, blue bugle, bugleherb, bugleweed, carpetweed, carpet bugleweed, and common bugle, and traditionally but less commonly as "St. Lawrence plant". It is an herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe. It is invasive in parts of North America. Grown as a garden plant it provides useful groundcover. Numerous cultivars have been selected, of which "Caitlin's Giant" has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Ajuga reptans is also a component of purple moor grass and rush pastures, a Biodiversity Action Plan habitat in the United Kingdom.

Lycopus is a genus in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and stream banks. Some of the wetland species have become endangered.

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