Lamiaceae

Bugle

Ajuga reptans L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Ajuga

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Bugle (Ajuga reptans) — FlowerPhoto: Codrin Bucur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (43)

Arabic: عجوقة زاحفة
arz: عجوقه زاحفه
Asturian: Piniella
azb: سورونن دیرچک
Azerbaijani: Sürünən dirçək
Basque: Kirtengorri
Belarusian: Гарлянка паўзучая, Гандзель, Гарлавінка, Гарлянка сіняя, Жывучка, Казакі, Разрыў
Bosnian: Pužuća ivica
Bulgarian: Пълзящо срещниче
Catalan: Búgula
Chinese: 匍匐筋骨草, 匍筋骨草
Croatian: Puzava ivica
Czech: Zběhovec plazivý
Danish: Krybende Læbeløs
Dutch: Kruipend zenegroen
English: Bugle, Common bugle, Bugle weed
Estonian: Roomav akakapsas
Finnish: Rönsyakankaali
French: Bugle rampante, Bugle Rampant
Galician: Búgula
German: Kriechender Günsel, Kriech-Günsel, Kriechender Güünsel
hsb: Łažawy zběhowc
Hungarian: Indás ínfű
Irish: Glasair choille
kw: Glesin an koos
Latvian: Ložņu cekuliņš
Lithuanian: Šliaužiančioji vaisgina
Macedonian: Ползечко среќниче
Malayalam: അജുഗ റെപ്റ്റൻസ്
Norwegian Bokmål: Krypjonsokkoll
Persian: لبدیسی خزنده
Polish: Dąbrówka rozłogowa
Portuguese: Ajuga-rasteira, Bugula-reptante, Búgula, Búgula-reptante, Cansolda-média, Consolda-mediana, Consolda-média, Erva-carocha
Romanian: .., Bugulă, Luparniţă, Vineriţă, Vineţică, Vinețică
Russian: Живучка ползучая
Slovak: Zbehovec plazivý
Slovenian: Plazeči skrečnik
Spanish: Búguea, Búgula, Sage verdadero, Consuelda media, Corocha, Suelda, Buguea, Bugula
Swedish: Revsuga
Turkish: Dağ mayasıl otu
Ukrainian: Горлянка повзуча
Walloon: Yebe Sint-Cwelin
Welsh: Glesyn y coed, Bual

Synonyms

Ajuga abnormis (Rouy) Prain
Ajuga alpina Fr.
Ajuga barrelieri Ten.
Ajuga breviproles Borbás
Ajuga candolleana (Rouy) Prain
Ajuga densiflora Ten.
Ajuga nanti Boreau
Ajuga pyramidalis Huds.
Ajuga repens Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
Ajuga reptans subvar. densiflora Nyman
Ajuga reptans var. alba C.Mackintosh
Ajuga reptans var. albiflora Tinant
Ajuga reptans var. alpina Nyman
Ajuga reptans var. caerulea C.Mackintosh
Ajuga reptans var. lerezana Blanco-Dios
Ajuga reptans var. pyramidata Zalewski
Ajuga reptans var. rubra C.Mackintosh
Ajuga stolonifera Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.
Ajuga vulgaris Rouy
Ajuga vulgaris prol. candolleana Rouy
Ajuga vulgaris subsp. abnormis Rouy
Ajuga vulgaris subsp. nantii (Boreau) Rouy
Ajuga vulgaris subsp. reptans (L.) Rouy
Ajuga vulgaris var. bifera Gillot
Ajuga vulgaris var. breviproles (Borbás) Rouy
Ajuga vulgaris var. stolonifera (Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy
Bugula decumbens Mill.
Bugula reptans (L.) Crantz
Bugula reptans var. hirsuta Gray
Teucrium reptans (L.) Salisb.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 7,747 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: blue (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Codrin Bucur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: kirk gardner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ольга Зеленова, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 日: Jnn, CC BY 2.1, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Julie Vargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Else Nolden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alex Zorach, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jinghua Song, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.