Genus Ajuga L.
Род 663 (2). СРЕЩНИЧЕ — AJUGA L.¹
L., Sp. Pl., ed. 1 (1753) 561; Gen. Pl., ed. 5 (1754) 246.
Fam: Labiatae Juss. (Lamiaceae)
Genus: Ajuga L.
English Name: Bugleweed, Ground pine, Carpet bugle, BugleDescription: Perennial, biennial or annual plants, rarely semi-shrubs. Stems four-round or rounded, erect, creeping or ascending. The leaves are collected in a basal rosette or stem, opposite, consecutive, seated, rosette leaves on stems, green, the upper passes in the convicts, green or colored top blue, blue-violet. Blossoms on both sides symmetrical, collected from 2 to 6 in the bosom of the leaves, forming dihasis or vertebrae, blue, pink, white, yellowish, creamy yellow. The calyx bell-shaped, deep 5-part, the tooth equal or different in length. The corolla does not fall, the tube longer than the calyx; the two lips are different: the top, slightly cut to 2-sided or reduced; the lower one is larger, 3-part, middle share largest. The stamens are two-sided, with parallel stems, considerably longer than the upper lip, the two tears of the anthers diverging from each other. The column very short (gibbazal), the stigma 2-sided. The walnuts are nude or weakly covered, mesh wrinkled.
Table for determination of the species
1 Leaves cut out or 3-sided …………………………..…………. 1. - A. chamaepitys (L.) Schreber.
1* Leaves whole, jagged or wholehearted .......................................................................................... 2
2 Blossoms blue, pink, wormwood or white ..................................................................................... 4
2* Blossoms brownish yellow, creamy yellow, with purple veins, pink threads or spots .................. 3
3 The stem leaves are seated, the corolla tube split into two .................... 3. - A. laxmanii (L.) Benth.
3* The stem leaves of short stems, the corolla tube entire ...................... 2. - A. salicifolia (L.) Schreb.
4 Plants with sterile shoots, lower bracts longer, upper shorter than flowers .......... 6. - A. reptans L.
4* Plants without sterile shoots …………………………………….………………………………. 5
5 The bracts and the flowers form a inflorescence in the form of a four-sided pyramid, often from the base of the stem, the calyx unevenly silky filamentary ........................................................................................................ 4. - A. pyramidalis L.
5* The bracts and the flowers form a conical inflorescence in the upper half of the stem; the calyx simple and glandular fibrous ……………………………...............................................……………………. 5. - A. genevensis L.¹ Developed by D. Peev.
From „Флора на Н. Р. България”, том IX, БАН, София, (1989) * * *
Ajuga /əˈdʒuːɡə/,[4] also known as bugleweed,[5] ground pine,[6] carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of 40 species annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants[7] in the mint family Lamiaceae, with most species native to Europe, Asia,[8] and Africa, but also two species in southeastern Australia.[3] They grow to 5–50 cm tall, with opposite leaves.[9]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Distribution in Bulgaria: (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc. Distribution: References: „Флора на Н. Р. България”, том IX, БАН, София, (1989), Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SPECIES:
Ajuga genevensis L. - Upright bugle, Blue bugle, Geneva bugleweed, Blue bugleweed
Ajuga reptans L. - Bugle, Blue bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet bugleweed, and Common bugle
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