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Ajuga zakhoensis

Ajuga zakhoensis is a small herbaceous subshrub from the mint family, native to northern Iraq and known mainly from wild populations rather than the garden trade. Little cultivation information exists, so treat care as that of a hardy temperate ground-cover Ajuga.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile garden soil or loam.
Temperature
5–30 °C; hardy to about -15 °C in a sheltered spot
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Iraq
Climate
temperate

About

Ajuga zakhoensis is a herbaceous flowering plant native to northern Iraq. It was first described in 1982.

Other Ajuga plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ajuga zakhoensis 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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