Ground Pine / عشبة الدم

عرف الديك / عرصف / Yellow Bugle

Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb

Flowers, March. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to May
Seed collection period
May to June

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Ajuga L.
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q158310
GBIF Item
Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. (2927080)

References

  1. Zorkot. Husein Ali. (2015). A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Hima Fakiha and the Adjoining Region.
  2. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  3. Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  5. Post GE. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai. Рипол Классик; 1932.

Citation

Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/694 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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