Glechoma
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Glechoma''
| image = Bluszczyk kurdybanek cm01.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Glechoma hederacea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Glechoma''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Glechoma''''' is a [[genus]] of 12 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Lamiaceae|mint family]], and is native to much of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. The stems root at the nodes, often forming extensive mats ot coarsely toothed, rounded or broadly oval, soft hairy leaves. The ascending shoots bear pairs of small, tubular, 2-lipped flowers in the leaf axils in summer. The genus is closely related to the genera ''[[Nepeta]]'', ''[[Stachys]]'' and ''[[Prunella (plant)|Prunella]]''.
;Selected species:
*''[[Glechoma biondiana]]'' (Diels) C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
*''[[Glechoma decolorans]]'' (Hemsl.) Turrill
*''[[Glechoma grandis]]'' (A. Gray) [[Ludmila Kuprianova|Kuprianova]]
*''[[Glechoma hederacea]]'' L. - ground-ivy or creeping charlie
*''[[Glechoma hirsuta]]'' Waldst. & Kit.
*''[[Glechoma longituba]]'' (Nakai) Kuprian.
*''[[Glechoma nivalis]]'' (Benth.) Press
*''[[Glechoma pharica]]'' (Prain) Turrill
*''[[Glechoma serbica]]'' Halácsy & Wettst.
*''[[Glechoma sinograndis]]'' C.Y.Wu
===Cultivation===
They prefer full sun or part-shade and moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Propagate from cuttings in late spring or by division in spring or autumn. They make good carpeting [[groundcover]]s, but can be very [[invasive species|invasive]] and should be kept away from heavily planted beds. They are quite suitable for containers and hanging baskets.
''Glechoma'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora albitarsella]]''.
==External links==
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Glechoma&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Glechoma'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=113621 Flora of China: ''Glechoma'']
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