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Ajuga boninsimae

Ajuga boninsimae
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ajuga boninsimae is a small herbaceous perennial in the mint family, native to the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands of Japan, growing about 20 to 30 cm tall. It is a rare wild species and is not a commonly grown garden plant.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect from frost, as it is adapted to a subtropical climate.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ogasawara-shotō
Climate
subtropical

About

Ajuga boninsimae is a herbaceous flowering plant native to the Bonin Islands of Japan. It was first described in 1888.

Other Ajuga plants

Ajuga arabica · Australian Bugle · Decumbent Bugle · Blue bugle · Ajuga japonica · Ajuga lupulina · Oriental Bugle · Ajuga piskoi · Bugle · Ajuga turkestanica · Ajuga zakhoensis · Bugleweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ajuga boninsimae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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