Glechoma hederacea Linnaeus 1753 (Family Lamiaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Gynodioecious, Flowering April - September
(Earliest: 1.4)
Protective Chemicals |
Sesquiterpenoids |
Cistanoside, Elemene, Germacrene |
Flavonoids |
Apigenin, Chrysoeriol, Glucopyranoside, Luteolin |
Other Phenolics |
Rosmarinic Acid, Tannins |
Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Gardens |
Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Rhingia campestris |
Seed Dispersal: |
Formicidae |
Parasites: |
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis |
Golovinomyces biocellatus |
Ascochyta lamiorum |
Amauromyza labiatarum |
|
Liriomyza strigata |
Liposthenes glechomae |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Athalia circularis Larva |
|
Cassida viridis |
Chrysolina polita |
Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Horistus orientalis |
Florivores: |
Sagittogethes ovatus Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Ground-ivy
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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