Ajuga , also known as bugleweed, ground pine, carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of 40 species annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the Ajugeae tribe of the mint family Lamiaceae, with most species native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but also two species in southeastern Australia. They grow to 5–50 cm tall, with opposite leaves. Species Species accepted within Ajuga include: Ajuga arabica P.H.Davis – Saudi Arabia Ajuga australis R.Br. - Australia Ajuga bombycina Boiss. – Aegean Islands, Turkey Ajuga boninsimae Maxim. – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan) Ajuga brachystemon Maxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India Ajuga campylantha Diels – Yunnan Ajuga campylanthoides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central China Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. – Iran, Afghanistan Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern Asia Ajuga chasmophila P.H.Davis – Syria Ajuga ciliata Bunge – China, Korea, Japan Ajuga davisiana Kit Tan & Yildiz – Turkey Ajuga decaryana Danguy ex R.A.Clement – Madagascar Ajuga decumbens Thunb. – decumbent bugle – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands Ajuga dictyocarpa Hayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands Ajuga fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea Ajuga flaccida Baker – Madagascar Ajuga forrestii Diels – China, Tibet, Nepal Ajuga genevensis L. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America Ajuga grandiflora Stapf – South Australia Ajuga incisia Maxim – Honshu Island in Japan Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine Ajuga japonica Miq. – Japan Ajuga laxmannii (Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus Ajuga leucantha Lukhoba – Uganda, DRoC, Ethiopia Ajuga linearifolia Pamp. – China Ajuga lobata D.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar Ajuga lupulina Maxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern Indochina Ajuga makinoi Nakai – Honshu Island in Japan Ajuga mollis Gladkova – Crimea Ajuga multiflora Bunge – Korean pyramid bugle – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye Ajuga nipponensis Makino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan Ajuga novoguineensis A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New Guinea Ajuga nubigena Diels – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan Ajuga oblongata M.Bieb. – Iraq, Caucasus Ajuga oocephala Baker – Madagascar Ajuga ophrydris Burch. ex Benth. –