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It is a variable species, its size being influenced by environmental conditions, from 5–50 cm (2– 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) tall. [ 4 ] The flowers of G. hederacea are bilaterally symmetrical, funnel shaped, blue or bluish-violet to lavender, and grow in opposed clusters of two or three flowers in the leaf axils on the upper part of the stem or near ...
Galium aparine is edible. The leaves and stems of the plant can be cooked as a leaf vegetable if gathered before the fruits harden. [9] However, the numerous small hooks which cover the plant and give it its clinging nature can make it less palatable if eaten raw. [27] [28] Cleavers are in the same family as coffee.
Creeping charlie is a common name for several species of flowering plants: Glechoma hederacea, also known as "ground ivy", in the family Lamiaceae;
Its stems are slender, creeping, and weakly woody. They can climb heights of close to 1 m on small shrubs. [ 4 ] The circular, 7–12 mm big leaves, which are attached singly to the stem, have dentate leaf margins, as well as trichomes on the surface.
Convolvulus arvensis, or field bindweed, is a species of bindweed in the Convolvulaceae [1] native to Europe and Asia.It is a rhizomatous and climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant with stems growing to 0.5–2 metres (1.6–6.6 ft) in length.
G. procumbens spreads by means of long rhizomes, which are within the top 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) of soil. Because of the shallow nature of the rhizomes, it does not survive most forest fires, but a brief or mild fire may leave rhizomes intact, from which the plant can regrow even if the above-ground shrub was consumed.
Closeup of flowers. Prunella vulgaris grows 5–30 cm (2.0–11.8 in) high, [8] with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at the leaf axes. [9]The leaves are lance-shaped, serrated and reddish at the tip, about 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long and 1.5 cm (0.59 in) broad, and growing in opposite pairs down the square stem. [9]
Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...