Seasonal Wild Flowers

Ground-ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Lamiaceae

March to June

It is found throughout the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Ground-ivy

It grows in grassland, woods, hedgebanks and bare waste

ground.

Ground-ivy is a native, stoloniferous, pungent, perennial

herb, growing up to 30cm.

It spreads by creeping runners to form carpets of green

and purple leaves.

The flowers are a blue-violet.

There are 5 fused petals.made up of 2 main lips and an

open hairy mouth.

There are 4 stamens in the hood of the flower.

There is a single style with 2 linear stigmas.

There are 5 hairy sepal teeth

The leaves are hairy and kidney-shaped.

Stems are hairy and angular.

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Ground Ivy - waste land , Abbotsbury, Dorset

Single plant - radiating flowers

Close-up of flower

Close-up of anthers and stigmas in upper lip

Close-up of 2 stigmas and 4 anthers

Side view of the 2 linear stigmas

5-toothed hairy sepals

Purple hairy leaves

Green and purplish leaves

Kidney-shaped leaf and hairy, square stem