Ground-pine

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Ground-pine is the common name given to at least three different species of plant. Most frequently it is applied to one of the clubmosses;

  • Lycopodium obscurum but sometimes also to
  • Lycopodium complanatum.
  • The name is also used for Ajuga chamaepitys or yellow bugle, a small shrub which at some stages of its growth resembles pine seedlings and also smells somewhat similar when the leaves are crushed.