This is a very common, and yet often overlooked, plant of the spring. It flowers from late March through to May.
Ground ivy is so called because its leaves supposedly resemble those of ivy (but that is not how it appears to me!)
It is member of the labiate family which includes deadnettles, herbs such as mint and basil, and woundworts. This family have square stems and long tubular flowers which are popular with any insect with a long tongue such as butterflies or a long proboscis like the bee-fly.
Ground ivy does not grow very tall and you should take care not to confuse it with bugle, a similar but taller plant.
Ground ivy can be found almost anywhere where the soil is not overrun with other taller dominant vegetation.
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