Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Glechoma hederacea L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Glechoma hederacea L. var. micrantha Moric., Glechoma hederacea L. var. parviflora (Benth.) House, Glecoma hederacea L., Nepeta glechoma Benth., Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevisan, Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevisan var. parviflora Benth., Nepeta hederacea Trevisan

Common names:

Ale gill (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Alehoof [Ale hoof, Ale-hoof] (1671-1923?, obsolete by 1923, for use in brewing, cultivated by English colonists by 1671, Josselyn) (5, 7, 10, 46, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Bluebells [Blue bells] (1898, Cambridge MA) (77)

Carrion flower (1876) (92)

Cat's-foot [Cat's foot, Cat foot] (1876?-1929) (5, 49, 92, 157, 158)

Cat's-paw (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Common ground ivy (1936, Neb) (93)

Creeping charlie [Creeping-charlie, Creeping charley] (1892-1930) (5, 73, 80, 82, 156, 157, 158)

Creeping Jenny (1923) (156)

Crow victuals [Crow-victuals] (1892-1900?, Chestertown MD, name used by Negroes) (5, 73, 158)

Field-balm [Field balm] (1900?-1929) (5, 109, 157, 158)

Gill (1818-1930) (5, 10, 106)

Gill ale [Gill-ale] (1900?) (5, 158)

Gill-go-by-the-ground (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Gill-go-over-the-ground (1898) (49)

Gill-over-the-ground (1840-1949) (5, 19, 62, 63, 73, 75, 109, 156, 157, 158)

Gill-run [Gillrun] (1876?-1929) (92, 157, 158)

Gill-run-over (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Gill-run-over-grass (1898, Cambridge MA) (77)

Glechoma (1917) (57)

Ground ivy [Ground-ivy] (1671-Present, cultivated by English colonists by 1671, Josselyn) (3, 5, 7, 10, 19, 46, 49, 50, 57, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92, 85, 97, 106, 107, 109, 138, 148, 156, 157, 158)

Gundelreben (1900?, German) (158)

Hay hofe [Hayhofe, Hay hove, Hay-hove] (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Haymaids [Hay maids, Hay-maids] (1876?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Hedge-maids [Hedge maids] (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Hove (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 157, 158)

Jack-over-the-ground (1892, Eastern MA) (73)

Lierre terrestre (1900?, French) (158)

Nepeta (1919) (107)

Robin-run-away [Robin-runaway, Robin run away] (1828-1929, misapplied) (5, 7, 73, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Robin-run-in-the-hedge (1876?-1900?) (92, 158)

Robin-running-in-the-hedge (1929) (157)

Roving Charley (1923) (156)

Run-away Jack (1898, Cambridge MA) (77)

Run-away Nell (1898, Medford MA) (77)

Tanhoof (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Tunhoof [Tun hoof] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Wild snakeroot [Wild snake root, Wild snake-root] (1892-1923, MA, misapplied) (5, 73, 156)