Glechoma hederacea, Nepeta glechoma, Nepeta hederacea,
SE: Jordreva, DE: Gundermann, Echt-Gundelrebe,
NL: Hondsdraf, UK: Ground-Ivy, Gill Over The Ground

Scientific name:		Glechoma hederacea L.
Synonym name:		Nepeta glechoma, Nepeta hederacea
Swedish name:		Jordreva
German name:		Gundermann, Echt-Gundelrebe
Nederlandse naam:		Hondsdraf
English name:		Ground-Ivy, Creeping Charlie, Gill-over-Ground, Hedgemaids
Family:		Lamiaceae, Mint Family, Plisterväxter

Life form:		Creeping perennial herb
Stems:		5 cm - 50 cm tall, square stems which root at the nodes
Leaves:		Round to reniform (kidney or fan shaped), crenate (with round toothed edges) opposed leaves, 2-3 cm diameter
Flowers:		Flowers bilaterally symmetrical, funnel shaped, blue or bluish-violet to lavender, growing in opposed clusters of 2 or 3 flowers in the leaf axils on the upper part of the stem or near the tip
Flowering Period:		April-June
Fruits:		Each flower wil be replaced by 4 smooth, ovoid brown nutlets; each nutlet is ovoid, with 2 flat sides and an outer side that is rounded.
Habitat:		Meadows, woodland margins, preferably slightly moist waste ground
Distribution:		Common in southern and central Sweden

Derivation of the botanical name: Glechoma, Greek glechon, glachon, a kind of mint, possibly Mentha pulegium, Latin glechon, onis for penny-royal. hederacea, pertaining to ivy. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.