What is Bugleweed?
Bugleweed, sometimes called bugle, is one name for plants in the family ajuga of the Elbee or Mint and contains about 40 species. These permanent, embedded plants form a thick pad through runners and growers often use them as ground covers in gardens and lawns. Landscapes can use this plant to control erosion, but easily spread and can become invasive. It is originally from parts of Europe and Asia and benefits in warm to colder climates. In general, the plant thrives in shady, damp habitats. The species determines whether the leaf is smooth, loured or slightly toothed. The leaves are often green, but depending on cultivar or species, they may be silver, Burgundy, bronze or other reddish colors. Some leaves are colorful or sprayed with paint, including others with yellow spots. Plants, shooting from a central rosette of a plant or rhizome, a thick underground stem, dependent on the species. Flowers grow in vortex on square stems, typical of family matey. The flower tip can be 3 to 6 inches (about 7 to 15 cm) tall, sports white, blue or purple flowers. In general, tubular flowers with two years, while the upper lip is very small and the lower lip is large and divided into four segments similar to petals.
Ajuga pyramidalis or pyramid bugleweed is a cluster plant that reproduces with rhizomes without stolon. Dark green leaves are basal rosettes that have oval or oval and narrower at the base, leaves that are somewhat furry and slightly toothed. The flowers differ in color from pink to pale purple to dark blue and usually have purple lined documents. Including flower stem, the total height of the plant is 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) and the width is 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 cm). The cultivar "metal crispa" crouched green and purple leaves.
General gardeners grow bugeweed as boundaries or edging plants, inE rock gardens and outdoor pots and also use them for ground covers. Usually, they thrive in a full sun in a cold climate and partially shaded areas in a warmer climate. Even in natural areas, plants spread through stolons or rhizomes and growers divide rooted plants of parent plants. In the United States, three to nine are resistant from USDA zones.
One type Bugleweed - a. Reptans - has some traditional therapeutic uses, but is easy to confuse with lycopus virginicus , another bugleweed. There are contradictory beliefs of a. Reptans as an effective herbal remedy. Some people call it "Carpenter's Bugle", probably because the anointing of the plant can help a diverse bleeding. Herbalists traditionally used it to treat wounds because the plant is a strong astringent. Others recommend this for heart palpitations and as a slight herbal sedative to restrict the persistent cough. Although the plant is aromatic, it is very bitterKá taste.