Found in:
- Lawns and landscape beds
Characteristics:
- Low growing perennial
- Plant remains green year round and is aromatic minty when crushed
- Stems are square, hairy when young, smooth with age
- Above ground stems (stolons) root at the stem nodes (joints)
- Long, straight leaves with rounded tip arise in pairs (opposite one another) along stem
- Purple, tube-like flower clusters occur at the end of the stem; blooms June to Sept.
- Fibrous root system along with short, slender, underground stems (rhizomes)
Significance:
- Tolerates low mowing height; can be fairly aggressive in moist, shaded areas; will outcompete lawn grasses growing in these areas
Plants that look similar:
- Common Mallow
- Creeping Charlie
- Creeping Bellflower (foliage)
- Henbit
- Purple Deadnettle
