Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Labiatae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Glechoma L., Sp. Pl. 578 (1753)
 Description

Perennial herbs, usually with creeping non-flowering stems and ascending flowering stems. Lvs simple, reniform to ± orbicular, toothed. Verticels 2–5-flowered, axillary, secund. Bracts resembling ordinary lvs. Calyx tubular or tubular-campanulate, 15-veined, not gibbous at base, somewhat 2-lipped, with an upper lip of 3 teeth and a lower of 2. Corolla 2-lipped; tube straight, widened towards apex; upper lip flat, subentire or with 2 teeth; lower lip of 3 teeth, hairy towards base. Stamens lying below upper lip; anther cells at right angles to each other. Style gynobasic, its branches equal. Nutlets smooth, ± obovoid.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Glechoma L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.