Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ajuga australis
Common name
Austral Bugle, Australian Bugle, Australian Bugloss
Family
Lamiaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, grassy areas, alpine herbfields, roadsides, disturbed sites, and rocky areas. Widespread.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.5 m tall or prostrate, somewhat scented. Stems square in cross section, hairy. Leaves basal and opposite each other, 3-15 cm long, 6-40 mm wide, sparsely to densely hairy, margins toothed, scalloped, or lobed, the upper leaves sometimes entire, tips blunt. Flowers about 5-22 mm long, blue to purple or violet, rarely pinkish, tubular, with 2 lips, the upper lip inconspicuous, the lower lip with 3 lobes, the middle lobe of the 3 often notched. Flowers in loose whorls of 6-20. Flowers most of the year, mostly Spring.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ajuga~australis (accessed 2 January, 2021)
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