Nepeta hederacea

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Read about Nepeta hederacea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nepeta hederacea, Trev. (N. Glechoma, Benth. Glecoma hederacea, Linn.). Ground Ivy. Gill-over-the-Ground. Field Balm. Fig. 2468. Perennial, hairy: creeping sts. leafy, making a dense mat: lvs. roundish, more deeply notched at the base than catnip, and green on both sides, the floral ones like the others, not reduced to bracts as in the other kinds here described; lower petioles longer than the lvs.: whorls axillary, few-fld., blue. Nat. from Eu., Asia. C.L.A. 23:57. B.B. 3:87. G.W. 9, pp. 244, 245; 13, p. 558−Other old vernacular names are alehoof. cat's-foot, gill, gillale, gill-go-by-the-ground, hayhofe, haymaids, hove, tunhoof, creeping charlie, robin-run-away, gill-runover, crow-vituals, wild snake-root, hedge-maids. March- June.—The green-lvd. form is less cult. than var. variegata, Hort. (N. hederacea, Trev., var. variegata, Hort.). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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