Irish wildflowers

Bugle, Ajuga reptans, Ghlasair choille
Photographs: Co. Cork

Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Ghlasair choille
Family: Lamiaceae

Flowering time: April-June. Perennial. Native.

Erect dark blue flowering spike, the flowers with white marks on lower lip. Paired stem leaves from basal rosette of shiny untoothed leaves. Many rooting runners. Height: 10-30 cm

Widespread, common in woods, hedges, fields, and on roadsides.

Similar: Pyramidal Bugle, Ajuga pyramidalis. Tiny purple flowers nearly hidden by leafy bracts. Very rare, on list of Endangered Plants.

Bugle, Ajuga reptans, Ghlasair choille

Bugle, Ajuga reptans, Ghlasair choille
Bugle, Ajuga reptans, Ghlasair choille

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