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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ajuga L., Sp. Pl. 561 (1753)
Description
Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes stoloniferous. Lvs simple, entire to deeply lobed. Verticels axillary or aggregated into terminal spikes. Bracts leaflike or reduced. Calyx ± actinomorphic, 5-toothed, 10- or more-nerved, tubular-campanulate, not gibbous at base. Corolla with upper lip often very short, usually 2-lobed; lower lip deeply 3-lobed; tube ± exserted, with ring of hairs inside. Stamens usually exserted. Style not gynobasic, equally 2-branched. Nutlets reticulately veined or transversely rugose.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
