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Ajuga turkestanica is a perennial herb from the mountains of Tajikistan and Central Asia, growing 40 to 60 cm tall with small flowers in late spring. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so cultivation advice is limited.
Ajuga turkestanica is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Tajikistan. It was first described in 1894.
A. turkestanica is native to the Pamir-Alay mountain ranges of Central Asia, notably within Tajikistan. It grows in rocky clay conditions up to elevations of approximately 2,500 m (8,200 ft).
Although A. turkestanica, alongside many other Ajuga species, is claimed to have uses in folk medicine, there is no clinical evidence that A. turkestanica compounds have effects as a therapeutic in humans. An extract of A. turkestanica may be used as an ingredient in a topical skin cream.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ajuga turkestanica 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.
