Mint family (Lamiaceae) ⁴

Summary ⁵

Glechoma hederacea (syn. Nepeta glechoma Benth., Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevir.) is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin. It is also sometimes known as creeping jenny, but that name more commonly refers to Lysimachia nummularia. It ha

Similar species ⁴

Some speedwells, such as Veronica polita, may appear similar before flowering. Henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule) is also similar, but is more erect.

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1. (c) Rusch, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rusch, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176481888
2. (c) wanderingeden, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by wanderingeden, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176042608
3. (c) Philip, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Philip, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171459799
4. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
5. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glechoma_hederacea

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