Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta.

synonyms: alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, Glechoma hederaceae, ground ivy, Nepeta hederaceae.

Dutch: hondsdraf
Polish: kurdybanek, bluszczyk kurdybanek, obłożnik, bluszczyk ziemny