Austral Bugle at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Ajuga australis | 24 Jun 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Ajuga australis | 17 Jun 2020 | galah681 | ||
| Ajuga reptans | 17 Jun 2020 | JanetRussell |
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Planted. I have taken a specimen to the ANBG this morning, 21 June 20. Diameter of plants is about 30 cm (leaves to c17 cm - random selection from one plant). The stems were growing at 45 degree angle. They are much more robust plants than A. australis.
10 comments
galah681
wrote:
17 Jun 2020
Probably Ajuga australis. The leaves of Ajuga reptans are broader and without the wavy edges.
AndyRussell
wrote:
18 Jun 2020
STEP did not plant or acquire these plants, they were planted by the Arboretum as was the whole of the Bush Tucker Garden. STEP is looking after this area now.
I will take a close look at leaf formation tomorrow. They have grown far more vigorously than what we have seen in the local Bush like on Mount Ainslie
I will take a close look at leaf formation tomorrow. They have grown far more vigorously than what we have seen in the local Bush like on Mount Ainslie
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
20 Jun 2020
Confirmation Undone for now. I got the following email from Janet:
Hello Michael
Marg, Andy and I went to STEP today. We took this sample and I will take it to the ANBG tomorrow. Marg has the same opinion as Andy and I. We don’t believe is A. australis.
Cheers
Janet
Hello Michael
Marg, Andy and I went to STEP today. We took this sample and I will take it to the ANBG tomorrow. Marg has the same opinion as Andy and I. We don’t believe is A. australis.
Cheers
Janet
galah681
wrote:
21 Jun 2020
I have uploaded a photo of Ajuga australis (sighting 4262669) taken on Farrer Ridge in 2010 when there was a lot of rain. It was very large and lush. The plants in the BTG may be large because of good growing conditions.
JanetRussell
wrote:
25 Jun 2020
I have received the result from the ANBG and Dave Abrecht has confirmed it as Ajuga australis: -
"Ajuga australis is an incredibly variable species and I think your sample falls within the range of variation exhibited by that species. I suspect the species will be subdivided in the future as there are several quite distinct forms.
Ajuga reptans in similar but the underside of mature leaves lack hairs (distinctly hairy in your specimen) and plants develop leafy stolons that develop roots at the nodes. Two non-flowering stolons are evident on the left hand specimen shown in the attached file. Those stolons appear to be ascending in the pressed specimen, but that is an artefact of the pressing process – they would have been spreading along the soil surface."
"Ajuga australis is an incredibly variable species and I think your sample falls within the range of variation exhibited by that species. I suspect the species will be subdivided in the future as there are several quite distinct forms.
Ajuga reptans in similar but the underside of mature leaves lack hairs (distinctly hairy in your specimen) and plants develop leafy stolons that develop roots at the nodes. Two non-flowering stolons are evident on the left hand specimen shown in the attached file. Those stolons appear to be ascending in the pressed specimen, but that is an artefact of the pressing process – they would have been spreading along the soil surface."
Location information
- Coordinates 149.067000-35.285016
- Altitude 574.2m
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 22 Abundance
- 19 Jun 2020 05:04 PM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
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Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs JanetRussell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Ajuga australis Scientific name
- Austral Bugle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1321.09m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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