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*Glechoma hederacea Linnaeus. Common name: Gill-over-the-ground, Ground-ivy, Creeping Charlie, Runaway-Robin, Haymaids, Field-Balm. Phenology: Late Mar-Jun; May-Jul. Habitat: Lawns, gardens, forests, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl6, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3; = Glecoma hederacea L. — GrPl, RAB, S, W, misspelling; = Nepeta hederacea (L.) R.Trevis. — Tat; > Glechoma hederacea L. var. hederacea — F, Il, WV; > Glechoma hederacea L. var. micrantha Moric. — F, Il, WV; > Glecoma hederacea L. var. parviflora (Benth.) House — G. Basionym: Glechoma hederacea L. 1753

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of lawns, gardens and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, creeping, turning upward at tips and rooting at nodes, smooth to rough-hairy.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, round to kidney- or heart-shaped, 1-2 in. long, with scalloped margins, smooth or hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in small clusters of 3-7 at the tips of stems, pink or purple, about 1/2 in. long, tubular and funnel-shaped with 2 flaring lips--the upper one small and 2-lobed, the lower larger, 3-lobed, spotted with purple and hairy.

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Height: to 2 ft. (long)

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description: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial of lawns, gardens and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

stems: Stems 4-angled, creeping, turning upward at tips and rooting at nodes, smooth to rough-hairy.

leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, round to kidney- or heart-shaped, 1-2 in. long, with scalloped margins, smooth or hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in small clusters of 3-7 at the tips of stems, pink or purple, about 1/2 in. long, tubular and funnel-shaped with 2 flaring lips--the upper one small and 2-lobed, the lower larger, 3-lobed, spotted with purple and hairy.

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