Common Name: Gill-Over-the Ground, Ground Ivy
Scientific Name: Glechoma hederacea
Family: Hederaceae
Mills River, North Carolina
April 27, 2002
A creeping, ivy-like plant with scalloped roundish or kidney-shaped leaves; often purplish. Flowers violet, in whorls in leaf axils. April - July [Peterson, Roger Tory and McKenny, Margaret, Peterson Field Guides: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and Northcentral North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1968]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z