Perennial creeping herb with flowering stems to 20 cm or more tall. Leaves to about 3 cm long, roundish to kidney-shaped, tip sometimes pointed, toothed, long-stalked. Flower clusters in whorls of 4-6. Flowers with calyx 15-nerved, of 5 unequal teeth; corolla to 2 cm long, hairy outside, violet, occasionally white or pink; summer. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, the upper pair longest.
Europe
An invasive plant mostly grown in hanging baskets for its foliage effect.
Source: (2002). Lamiaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Glechoma hederacea 'Variegata'
Leaves cut irregularly and variegated with white and grey.