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Ajuga genevensis (blue bugle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ajuga genevensis (also variously known as the upright bugle, blue bugle, Geneva bugleweed, blue bugleweed) is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe. It is less common than its relative, Ajuga reptans (common bugle).
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  UV-Blue
Flower Color [2]  Blue
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bumblebees, Bees, Butterflies
Structure [5]  Herb
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry

Protected Areas

Predators

Cnephasia asseclana (Flax Tortrix Moth)[6]
Cnephasia incertana (Light Grey Tortrix Moth)[6]
Cnephasia stephensiana (Grey Tortrix Moth)[6]
Eriophyes ajugae <Unverified Name>[6]
Tingis reticulata[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Golovinomyces biocellatus[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 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
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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