Lamiaceae FAMILY

Ajuga australis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ajuga australis is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a basal rosette of leaves and erect flowering stems up to 30cm tall. The plant spreads at the roots and can form quite large colonies[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. , 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used as a ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Australia - Tasmania, S. Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, southern and central Queensland.

HabitatMost habitats, especially in open forests, in sandy soils in the montane zone[ 152 Title Australian Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Publisher New Holland Publishers Year 2001 ISBN 1876334703 Description A very good and readable guide to the subject. , 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ]. Rocky areas of forest and woodland, and often common in waste areas[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. Found in a range of habitats from coastal forests to the dry, mallee country[ 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ].