Scientific Name
Glechoma hederacea
Common Name
Ground-ivy; Gill-over-the-hill
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
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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