Ajuga multiflora Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Ajuga

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems erect, unbranched, 6-23 cm tall. Basal leaves often in a rosette, petiolate, upper leaves sessile to petiolate, sometimes alternate; petiole 0.7-2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 1.5-4 × 1-1.5 cm, adaxially densely villous-strigose, abaxially sparsely villous-ciliate, margin villous-ciliate. Apical verticillasters crowded, forming dense spikes 3-10 cm; apical floral leaves reduced, lanceolate to ovate, margin subentire or entire. Calyx broadly campanulate, 5-7 mm, lanate-villous; teeth regular, subulate-triangular, to 2/3 as long as calyx, apically acute, villous-ciliate. Corolla blue-purple or blue, tubular, 1-1.8 cm, puberulent, villous annulate inside; upper lip straight, with 2 circular lobes; middle lobe of lower lip flabellate, lateral lobes oblong. Nutlets adaxially swollen at middle, areole to 2/3 as long as adaxial side of nutlet. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.11 - 0.19
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

Sparse grass on slopes, thickets, riverbank grasslands.Meadows, meadow slopes, clearings, scrub in eastern Siberia.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Ajuga multiflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Ajuga multiflora world distribution map, present in Chile, China, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444629-1
WFO ID wfo-0000934544
COL ID BDQ8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ajuga amurica Ajuga multiflora

Lower taxons

Ajuga multiflora var. multiflora