Scientific Name
Glechoma hederacea

Common Name
Ground-ivy; Gill-over-the-hill
Life Cycle: Perennial


Height: Creeper; up to 8 inches
Flower/fruit: 3 to 7 blue-violet flowers in whorls in leaf axis; corolla is two-lipped; lower lip has three lobes
Flowering Season: Spring into mid-summer
Foliage: .5 to 1.5 inch opposite, scalloped, roundish or kidney-shaped leaves; heart-shaped at base; creeping stems
Site: Roadsides, lawns, shady spots, waste places, thickets
Comments: Introduced from Europe
 
 

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