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Ajuga decumbens
Ajuga decumbens is a low, groundcover-forming herb from East Asia, valued in traditional medicine and grown in gardens for its low foliage and spikes of purple to white flowers. It is a true species, not a genus, and is most often found in sunny meadows and roadsides.
Ajuga decumbens is a herbaceous flowering plant native to China, Japan and Korea. It is commonly found in lightly forested sunny areas, such as meadows and roadsides between 400 and 2300 metres in altitude. This plant grows as a groundcover, and the leaf layer is usually no more than 100 millimetres (3.9 inches) tall. It flowers between April and June.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ajuga decumbens 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.
