Minnesota Seasons - Ground Ivy


Ground Ivy				More photos…
Glechoma hederacea

Taxonomy	Family:	Lamiaceae (mint)
	Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
	Tribe:	Mentheae

Nativity	Native to Asia and Europe. Introduced and naturalized in North America.
Status
Habitat	Moderate moisture. Woods, lawns, disturbed sites.
Flowering	April to June
Flower Color	Purple
Height	1″ to 16″

Identification

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Beaver Creek Valley State Park Blue Devil Valley SNA Boot Lake SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Canon River Trout Lily SNA Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Cannon Wilderness Woods Carley State Park Chamberlain Woods SNA Clear Lake SNA Crow Wing State Park Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Falls Creek SNA Flandrau State Park Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Frontenac State Park Gneiss Outcrops SNA Hayes Lake State Park Iron Horse Prairie SNA Kilen Woods State Park Lake Bemidji State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Maria State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lebanon Hills Regional Park Lost 40 SNA Louisville Swamp			Miesville Ravine Park Reserve Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Morton Outcrops SNA Myre-Big Island State Park Netstrand-Big Woods State Park Pigeon River Cliffs Pin Oak Prairie SNA Prairie Creek Woods SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Sakatah Lake State Park Spring Beauty Northern Hardwoods SNA Townsend Woods SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Whitewater State Park Wild Indigo Prairie SNA Wild River State Park William O’Brien State Park Wolsfeld Woods SNA Wood-Rill SNA Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

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Synonyms	Glechoma hederacea var. micrantha Glechoma hederacea var. parviflora Nepeta hederacea

Common Names	creeping Charlie hay maids gill-over-the-ground ground ivy