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Photographer: Steve C. Garske
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Family Lamiaceae
Ajuga genevensis L.
blue bugle, Geneva bugle, standing bugle
Ajuga: an obscure name meaning creeping
genevensis: for Geneva, Switzerland; home of many distinguished botanists
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| Status: | Introduced - locally established |
| Plant: | more or less erect perennial, 4"-12" tall, aromatic forb; stems square; rhizomes without creeping stolons, not forming mat |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 1/2" long, irregularly tube-shaped, lower lip with a cleft;  inflorescence whorls of 6 or more flowers forming a spike from the upper leaf axils; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas, lawns |
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