Common name
English: Ground-ivy
German: Gundermann
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Lamiaceae (99)(family description)
Genus: Glechoma (2)
Epithet: hederacea L. (2)
Synonyms: Calamintha hederacea (L.) Scop., Chamaecissos hederaceus (L.) Nieuwl. & Lunell, Chamaeclema hederacea (L.) Moench, Glechoma borealis Salisb., Glechoma bulgarica Borbás, Glechoma heterophylla Opiz, Glechoma intermedia Schrad. ex Benth., Glechoma lobulata Kit., Glechoma longicaulis Dulac, Glechoma magna Mérat, Glechoma micrantha Boenn. ex Rchb., Glechoma rigida A.Kern., Glechoma rotundifolia Raf., Glechoma serbica Halácsy & Wettst., Glechonion hederaceum (L.) St.-Lag., Nepeta glechoma Benth., Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevis., Nepeta rigida (A.Kern.) Beck
hederacea => pertaining to, or resembling, ivy
hederaceum => pertaining to, or resembling, ivy
hederaceus => pertaining to, or resembling, ivy
heterophylla => bearing leaves of more than one kind
intermedia => intermediate, in between, a hybrid
longicaulis => long-stemmed
micrantha => bearing minute flowers
rigida => stiff, inflexible
rotundifolia => referring to the rounded leaves
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white