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Ajuga chamaepitys (yellow bugle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ajuga chamaepitys is a species of flowering plant of the family Lamiaceae. Popularly known as yellow bugle or ground-pine, the plant has many of the same characteristics and properties as Ajuga reptans. A. chamaepitys can be found in Europe, the Eastern part of the Mediterranean, and North Africa.
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Infraspecies

Ajuga chamaepitys chamaepitys
Ajuga chamaepitys chia
Ajuga chamaepitys cuneatifolia
Ajuga chamaepitys cypria
Ajuga chamaepitys euphratica
Ajuga chamaepitys glareosa
Ajuga chamaepitys laevigata
Ajuga chamaepitys libanotica
Ajuga chamaepitys mardinensis
Ajuga chamaepitys mesogitana
Ajuga chamaepitys palaestina
Ajuga chamaepitys rechingeri
Ajuga chamaepitys suffrutescens
Ajuga chamaepitys tridactylites

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Dispersal Mode [4]  Autochory
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The whole plant smells of pine trees when crushed.
Structure [5]  Herb
Height [2]  6 inches (0.15 m)
Width [2]  6 inches (0.15 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Predators

Athalia cordata[6]
Lasiacantha capucina[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0