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Ajuga orientalis
Oriental bugle is a low, mostly evergreen perennial from the eastern Mediterranean, grown for its grey-green leaves and spring and summer spikes of cream and violet flowers. It is tolerant and easy to grow in sun or part shade with well-drained soil.
Ajuga orientalis, also known as Oriental bugle and Eastern bugle, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to the Eastern Mediterranean. It is found in the sandy, dry brushwood and lightly forested regions of the coast. It is usually evergreen, although it may be briefly deciduous in cold winters.
This species, alongside most other Ajuga, claim to have medicinal effects, being used in traditional Turkish medicine.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ajuga orientalis 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.
