Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Ajuga// Species: Ajuga reptans L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Ball in Tutin et al. (1972) and Matevski (2021).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran, Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Near streams and rivers, moist places in forests. Recorded from c. 800 up to 1500 m altitude on the following localities: “Shtalkovichka’ River (Mangov Kamen), Ponikva, Jamishko Osoe.
Flowering period: Spring to early summer (MAY, JUN).
Locality: Ponikva.
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Locality: “Shtalkovichka” River (Mangov Kamen).
Ajuga reptans – habit. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – habit. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – inflorescence. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – inflorescence. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – inflorescence. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – verticillasters with flowers. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – lower verticillasters. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – bract of lower verticillaster. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – stem. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – basal leaf and leafy stolon. Osogovo – “”Shtalkovichka” River, 07.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Jamishko Osoe (near Ponikva).
Ajuga reptans – habit. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – inflorescence. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – flowers. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – stem with leaves and stolons. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – stem and leaves. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – stem. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – stem. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Ajuga reptans – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Jamishko Osoe, 31.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ball, P. W. 1972. Ajuga L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 128–129.
Matevski, V. 2021. Ajuga L., The Flora of the RN Macedonia. Vol II, Book 2. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 206–214.
