Lamiaceae FAMILY

Ajuga integrifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ajuga integrifolia is a low-growing, erect or ascending, herbaceous perennial growing usually less than 20cm tall, sometimes reaching 30cm.The stems are much branched, the plant spreading by stolons to produce a mat of growth[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and is a potential source of an essential oil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeNortheast and east tropical Africa; through Arabia. Afghanistan, China, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea

HabitatMoist ground and grassy slopes, often along tracksides, at elevations of 700 - 4,000 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. Stream banks; shaded ravines; open grassland; clearings; rice-fields; coffee estates, mostly in damp places; to 200 metres in Indonesia[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].