| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Found across the state, but scarce in the southern Coastal Plain and Sandhills. Certainly present in all counties except some coastal ones.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. throughout, except NM, AZ, NV. | |
| Abundance | Common in the Piedmont, Mountains, and much of the western and central Coastal Plain; scarce in the Sandhills and lower Coastal Plain. This can be a serious pest species in bottomlands and other rich hardwood forests, where it can impact low-growing native spring wildflowers. | |
| Habitat | Moist disturbed woodlands, pastures, meadows, yard weed, campus weed, roadsides. Favors rich soils. |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting late March-July. | |
| Identification | Ground-ivy is a very familiar weed of both forest interiors and lawns and other rich soil. It is a creeping herb that roots at the nodes. The leaves are evergreen, long stalked, rotund, cordate at the base, the margins with very broad, blunt teeth, almost appearing scalloped. The flowering stems range from 3-8 inches tall/long, somewhat erect, with blue-violet flowers. It can hardly be confused with any other mint. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | | |
| Other Common Name(s) | Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| US Status | | |
| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
