Glechoma hederacea

Gill-over-the-ground, Ground-ivy, Creeping Charlie, etc.

[not native to the Mid-Atlantic area]

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Family: Lamiaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: late March - June
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: May - July

Gill-over-the-ground is native to Europe and southwestern Asia. It was intentionally carried by European settlers to North America for culinary and medicial use.

29 March 2017 Bull Run Regional Park, Centreville, VA

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