Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Mt. Hermon (V. Common)
- Golan (Common)
- Upper Galilee (V. Common)
- Lower Galilee (V. Common)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Common)
- Mt. Carmel (V. Common)
- Esdraelon Plain (Common)
- Mt. Gilboa (V. Common)
- Bet Shean Valley (Common)
- Coastal Galilee (Common)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Common)
- Sharon Plain (Rare)
- Philistean Plain (Common)
- Samaria (Common)
- Samarian Desert (V. Common)
- Lower Jordan Valley (Common)
- Shefela (V. Common)
- Judean Mountains (V. Common)
- Judean Desert (V. Common)
- Northern Negev (Common)
- Negev Highlands (Common)
- Southern Negev (V. Rare)
- Gilead (V. Common)
- Ammon (Common)
- Moav (Common)
- Edom (Rare)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
A low semi-shrub or a perennial herb, confined to Mediterranean bathas. Occasional specimens are found also in crevices of smooth-faced rock outcrops of the Negev and the Judean Desert. Following a taxonomic review of part of the genus by P.H. Davis, 8 subspecies are recognised in Ajuga chamaepytis. The common subspecies of Israel is displayed in the present page. The subspecies with yellow corolla, confined to rock crevices in Edom, Jordan is Ajuga chamaepytis subsp. tridatrylites. The taxon with a pink corolla, groing in rock crevices of S. Sinai belongs to subsp. tridatrylites as well.
Ajuga chamaepytis subsp. chia, collected at the vicinity of Jerusalem, was studied in the MSc thesis of Uzi Ravid. He found that the plant contains, among other substances, akdizones. These substances chemically resemble growth hormons of insects. Consuming the plant may disrupt the regular growth processes of these insects. Thus, these materials seem to act in chemical defence of the plant.
Family
Additional Names
- Synonym (Scientific):
- Ajuga chia Schreber
- English:
- Ground pine; Yellow bugle
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- חַד=שָׂפָה מָצוּי
- French:
- bugle de Chio
תכונות וזיהוי
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מראה כללי (הצמח השמאלי באיור). איור - ברכה אביגד ז"ל, אוסף הציורים בגן הבוטני של האוניברסיטה העברית בהר הצופים
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הכותרת נראית כבעלת שפה אחת בעלת 3 אונות צבעה צהוב, כתום, או נוטה לארגמן, עם נקודות או קווים ארגמניים. העלה בעל 3 אונות.
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- hemicryptophyte
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- perennating
- Petal or tepal color:
- yellow
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, January, May, March, February
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- dissected, dissected once
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- other
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Batha, Phrygana
- Chorotype:
- Med - Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- obligate natural
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Labiatae (Lamiaceae)
- Genus:
- Ajuga
