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

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

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

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


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.

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