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| May 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) |
| Subfamily | Ajugoideae |
| Scientific name | Ajuga reptans L. |
| Synonyms | Bugula reptans (Linnaeus) Crantz; Ajuga alpina Fries; Ajuga barrelieri Tenore; Ajuga densiflora Tenore |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ajyuga (アジュガ [meaning: ajuga plant]), seiyou juni-hitoe (セイヨウジュウニヒトエ, 西洋十二単 [meaning: European juni-hitoe (juni-hitoe = Ajuga nipponensis Makino)]), turu juni-hitoe (ツルジュウニヒトエ, 蔓十二単 [meaning: creeping juni-hitoe]), seiyou kiran-sou (セイヨウキランソウ, 西洋金瘡小草 or 西洋金襴草 [meaning: European kiran-sou (kiran-sou = Ajuga decumbens Thunberg)]) |
| (English common name) ajuga, blue bugle, common bugle | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] Russia, Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, Europe, Algeria, Tunisia | |
| Habitat | Forest edge, field, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
| Description | Plants 10-30cm tall. Flowers purple, pink or white corollas ca. 1cm, flowering in March to June. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Ajuga reptans L. |
| Ajuga reptans L. | |
| Ajuga reptans L. | |
| Ajuga reptans L. | |
| Phenanthrofuran derivatives (US Patent 5981574/1999) | |
| Composition for enhancing hyaluronic acid productivity and method for preparing same (US Patent 5882664/1999) | |
| Compounds with an antioxidant activity, compositions useful as food integrators containing them and process for their preparation (US Patent 6544965/2003) | |
| Dietary food supplement containing natural cyclooxygenase inhibitors and methods for inhibiting pain and inflammation (US Patent 6818234/2004) | |
| Method for providing a property of stress-resistance (US Patent 7078590/2006) | |
| Plant galactinol synthase homologs (US Patent 7294756/2007) | |
| Recombinant constructs and their use in reducing gene expression (US Patent 7456014/2008) | |
| Novel aliphatic acyltransferase genes (European Patent EP1291426/2006) | |
| Extracts from Ajuga reptans cell lines, their preparation and use (European Patent EP1736166/2008) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants. |
| Ajuga reptans var. atropurpurea is an illegal name. Ajuga reptans cv. Atropurpurea is a cultivar of Ajuga reptans L. |
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| May 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
May 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
