Australian bugle
StarAjuga australis
Synonyms: Ajuga virgata, Ajuga australis var. typica, Ajuga australis var. tridentata, Ajuga australis var. diemenica, Ajuga diemenica, Ajuga tridentata
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
Aboriginal peoples of southeastern Australia applied bruised leaves and decoctions of Ajuga australis as poultices on boils, sores, and swellings and as a wash for skin complaints (Cribb & Cribb, 1981).
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Botanical Description
Ajuga australis, the Australian bugle or austral bugle, is a low, soft-stemmed perennial herb in the family Lamiaceae widespread across eastern and southern Australia, where it grows in a wide range of habitats from coastal grassland and sclerophyll woodland to alpine herbfield. Plants are 10-40 cm tall, with erect to ascending, square stems clothed in soft, often dense white hairs. The opposite leaves form a basal rosette and decrease in size up the stem; they are obovate to spathulate, 2-10 cm long, coarsely toothed to deeply lobed, and softly hairy on both surfaces. Whorls of two-lipped flowers are arranged in dense, leafy, terminal spikes; the corolla is typically pale violet to deep purple-blue, occasionally pink or white, with a long, three-lobed lower lip and a reduced upper lip characteristic of the genus. It flowers chiefly in spring and early summer.
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