Obscure origins

Posted by Wildwood on May 5, 2014 in 2014, April, Bugle, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

The provenance of the Bugle’s common name is unclear.

Stevens suggests one possibility is that the leaves of Ajuga reptans were likened to tube-shaped glass beads, called bugles, that were once sewn on clothes.

Picture taken April 28.