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Scientific name:

Glechoma hederacea

Vernacular name:

Ground-ivy


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Ground-ivy

Scientific name: Glechoma hederacea L.

Diagnostic features
Stolons often more than 1m.
Flowering stems suberect, to 30cm.
Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular, cordate at base, those on stolons with long petioles.
Corolla 15-20mm in bisexual flowers, smaller in female ones.

Chromosome number: 2n=36.

Habitat
Native; woods, hedgerows, rough ground, often on heavy soils.

Distribution
Common throughout British Isles except North Scotland.

This Genus is keyed out on Page 3124: Glechoma and other genera and on Page 3151: Glechoma & other genera in the Text Key.

Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy)
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