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Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Tiny lavender colored flowers. Plant 4" tall.

Habitat:

Harpeth River state park, Tennessee.

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Glechoma hederacea

Species ID Suggestions

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (4)
Jacob Gorneau
Very aromatic, and in the mint family, used for hundreds of years as a treatment for indigestion, though a very invasive species in the United States.
KarenL
Thanks Harsha! These blooms were more bell shaped than the Mazus but you are right, they do look very similar.

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Flowers of North America
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PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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