Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trev.
Synonym: Nepeta glechoma Benth.; Glecoma hederacea L.
Other common names: Field balm, gill-over-the-ground, gill, creeping Charlie, robin-runs-away, cat's-foot.
Habitat and range: Ground-ivy is found in dams and shady places, especially in thickets, from Newfoundland and Ontario to Georgia, Tennessee, Kansas, and Colorado.
Description: This small herb has numerous creeping, leafy, hairy stems sometimes 18 inches long, commonly branching at the base. The opposite leaves are round kidney-shaped, bluntly toothed, green on both sides, and one-half to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. The stems of the lower leaves are commonly longer than the leaves. The blue and white tube-shaped flowers are borne, few in a cluster, in the axils of the leaves from March to May.
Part used: The herb.
