Bugle - Ajuga reptans
Description
A hairy plant up to about 20 cm tall, with long rooting runners. Stems hairy on two opposing sides often rather woolly. Leaves oval slightly toothed and often flushed with bronze. Flowers violet blue 14 to 17 mm in leafy spikes, dense at first.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Woodland, and waste places.
When to see it
April to June.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Fairly frequent throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 246 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsSheet Hedges Wood02 May 2014
David NichollsSheet Hedges Wood02 May 2014
Graham CalowSapcote28 April 2014
David NichollsUlverscroft NR21 May 2007 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4611 9395 (taken 26.4.2007)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote26 April 2007
David NichollsCribbs Meadow16 May 2014
AJ CannMuston Meadows26 April 2015
 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4611 9395 (taken 26.4.2007)..JPG)
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Graham CalowSapcote28 April 2014
Graham CalowBurbage Wood28 April 2011
David NichollsMartinshaw Wood05 May 2007
David GouldOsiers Nature Area21 May 2008
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire17 May 2011
David Nicholls20 Acre Piece23 May 2014
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods24 April 2014
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods12 April 2011
Barbara CooperLong Clawson12 May 2012
Barbara CooperHolwell Nature Reserve17 May 2012
Alan SemperHolwell, Fred Lawrie Walk05 May 2014
Alan SemperHolwell, Fred Lawrie Walk05 May 2014
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods16 May 2013
David GouldNarborough Bog, Leics21 May 2015
David GouldNarborough Bog, Leics21 May 2015
