[NatureNS] Bugle flower color

From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 19:21:57 -0300
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Dear All,                        May 24, 2010
    The Bugle (Ajuga reptans) on the lawn this year ranges in color from 
deep blue (usual) to pink (unique to this year & localized).

    The large Bumble Bees who work this plant seem to be color-blind but the 
pink blossoms (if I remember correctly that the pink area had wood ash 
applied this year)  suggest that Bugle blossom color is dependent on 
available Al; deep blue if high, pink if low.

    Does anyone recall the term for plants with Al-conditional flower color 
?
    Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville 

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