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, occasionally in grasslands
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 Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 May 2014
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 April 2014
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
21 May 2007 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4611 9395 (taken 26.4.2007)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
26 April 2007
David Nicholls
Cribbs Meadow
16 May 2014
AJ Cann
Muston Meadows
26 April 2015
 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4611 9395 (taken 26.4.2007)..JPG)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 April 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
28 April 2011
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
05 May 2007
David Gould
Osiers Nature Area
21 May 2008
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
17 May 2011
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
23 May 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
24 April 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
12 April 2011
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
12 May 2012
Barbara Cooper
Holwell Nature Reserve
17 May 2012
Alan Semper
Holwell, Fred Lawrie Walk
05 May 2014
Alan Semper
Holwell, Fred Lawrie Walk
05 May 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
16 May 2013
David Gould
Narborough Bog, Leics
21 May 2015
David Gould
Narborough Bog, Leics
21 May 2015
