Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Image ID: 2011/bf022
Tap/mouseover and drag to zoom/pan.
Other common names: Carpenter's Herb
Introduced
Family:
Lamiaceae (Mint)
Height: 0.3 to 0.7 ft.
Blooms: May to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Butler-Freeport Trail
Date: 5/22/2011
Notes:
Creeps by runners. Lob development in leaves is variable.
More photos of this flower
Bugle may be
easily confused with:
- Ground Ivy
Bugle had flowers in a raceme (above the leaves), while ground ivy has flowers in the axils.
- Lyre-Leaved Sage
Bugle is darker in color.
- Viper's Bugloss
Bugle flowers are distinctly asymmetric. Viper's bugloss has prominent red stamens.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
