Glechoma hederacea L.
ground ivy
Herb; non-flowering stems hairy, creeping and rooting at nodes. Petiole slender. Lamina 1-3.5 × 1-4.5 cm, suborbicular to reniform, sparsely to densely hairy, especially beneath, shallowly to deeply crenate; base cordate. Calyx c. 5 mm long, 15-nerved; nerves hairy; teeth triangular-acuminate. Corolla 1-1.5 cm long, blue or blue-violet, hairy outside; lower lip with purple spots. Nutlets not seen.
N.; S.: local in many southern North Id and South Id localities; St.: Halfmoon Bay.
Temperate Eurasia 1878
Usually in shady places below trees and around buildings.
FL Sep-May.
Ground ivy is commonly cultivated, often as a variegated-leaved form, which also grows wild occasionally. Nutlets have not been found on any N.Z. material, but are c. 2 mm long in Europe. The sp. has been previously recorded in N.Z. as Nepeta hederacea and N. glechoma.
