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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glechoma hederacea   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glechoma hederacea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-10-001:

Glecoma hederacea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Glecoma hederacea

 

COMMON NAME:
Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie


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image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_glhe2_001_lvd

        

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_313

        

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    jkm120211_040

February    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves are evergreen. Trailing stems root at the nodes to form mats, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_glechoma_hederacea_2

February        

Leaves reniform to reniform-cordate, coarsely crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Gill Newberry    gn03_g_hederaea_flower

March        

Upper lip small, notched at apex; the lower larger, 3-lobed, speckled with red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    jkm160331_203b

March    Greenville County    SC

Riparian zone along urban waterway

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Keith Bradley    kab_g_hederacea_1702

March    Polk County    NC

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Gill Newberry    gn04_glecoma_hederaceae

April        

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Gill Newberry    gn04_glecoma_sprig

April        

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    jkm0504n_24

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    jkm0504n_24b

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    jkm190408_7147

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_hederacea

April        

Corolla 2-lipped (lower lip larger), deeply 3-lobed and spotted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    s050421_a

April    Greenville County    SC

Flowering stems are erect, and flowers (usually 3) arise from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    s050421_a1

April    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are stalked, more or less round, and cordate at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

JK Marlow    s060408_b

April    Anderson County    SC

Leaves roundish with blunt-lobed teeth, may be either smooth or hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Keith Bradley    kab_g_hederacea_73355

May        NC

Pisgah National Forest

image of Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmghederacea_rm1

May        NC-TN

The Roan Highlands

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glechoma hederacea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glechoma hederacea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-10-001:
Glecoma hederacea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Glecoma hederacea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

613

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lawns, gardens, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped corolla
4 slightly exserted stamens, curved under the upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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