GLECHOMA L.GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND

GLECHOMA L. - GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND

Scientific Description:

Perennial herbs, stoloniferous. Leaves and bracts similar, petiolate, reniform to suborbicular. Verticillasters secund, 2−5-flowered. Calyx tubular, bilabiate, 15-veined; tube straight, tapering to base; upper lip suberect, undivided, lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, lower pair shorter than upper, thecae at right angles and opening by separate slits. Style deeply 2-lobed, lobes recurved. Nutlets smooth, ovoid.

Reference:

Mill RR (1982). Glechoma L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 288.

Public Description:

Glechoma, commonly known as “gill-over-the-ground”, is native to northern Asia and Europe. There are 8 species in the world and 1 species (1 taxon) in Türkiye. They are perennial herbs with stolons. They have generally blue-violet flowers which have two to many arising from the leaf axils.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2018). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glechoma, Accessed date: 06.02.2018.

Anonymous 2 (2018). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Lamiaceae/Glechoma/, Accessed date: 06.02.2018.

Anonymous 3 (2018). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=GLECHOMA,Accessed date: 06.02.2018.

Dirmerci T (2012). Glechoma L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 555.