Ground ivy
Glechoma hederacea L.
- light
- Any light
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- —
Lamiaceae
Also called Ground-ivy
Formerly Calamintha hederacea, Chamaecissos hederaceus, Chamaeclema hederacea, Glechoma bulgarica, and 14 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Siberia and XinjiangKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Purple, violet, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- German
- Gundermann, Gewöhnlicher Gundermann
- Chinese
- 活血丹, 欧活血丹
- Asturian
- mantarrota
- Czech
- popenec obecný
- Finnish
- rohtomaahumala
- French
- Gléchome lierre terrestre, lierre terrestre
- Dutch
- hondsdraf, Hondsdraf
- Simplified Chinese
- 欧活血丹
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Glechoma hederacea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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