Ajuga reptans L.

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Ajuga

Catalan common name: Búgula. Consolda.

Spanish common name: Búgula. Consuelda media. Corocha.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Fir forest and beech forest. Quercus robur oak wood.

Characteristics: Moist and shady grassy areas, normally under the cover of moist deciduous forests (oak woodlands and beechwoods) and these communities in states of degradation. An herb with ovate leaves and large aerial stolons. The flowers have a very small superior labellum and an inferior with three unequal lobules (the medial the largest).