Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Flowers purple to blue.

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. You'd never know these anthers were there unless you turn the flower upside down! This one is quite purple - flower colour does vary.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. You'd never know these anthers were there unless you turn the flower upside down! This one is quite purple - flower colour does vary.

Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Very sparkly petals under certain flash exposures.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Very sparkly petals under certain flash exposures.

Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Long petal tube which is, like most of these lamiaceae, hairy.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Long petal tube which is, like most of these lamiaceae, hairy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). - and foliage rich bronzy-red if in full sun (as this image) but greener if in the shade.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (07/04/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). - and foliage rich bronzy-red if in full sun (as this image) but greener if in the shade.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). It can be matt-forming, or little clumps of them like here.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (07/04/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). It can be matt-forming, or little clumps of them like here.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (15/04/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). In the shade as here the leaves are a darkish green and the plant tends to grow taller, perhaps trying to reach the sun!

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (15/04/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). In the shade as here the leaves are a darkish green and the plant tends to grow taller, perhaps trying to reach the sun!

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). This one shows how sprawling and ground-covering its giss can be. Foliage pretty red here as it's in full sun.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (01/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). This one shows how sprawling and ground-covering its giss can be. Foliage pretty red here as it's in full sun.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Another one in the shade, poking up through some actual Ivy. This is a taller version.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (01/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Another one in the shade, poking up through some actual Ivy. This is a taller version.

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (a mass of it in the little field in the middle of the woods).

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (18/04/2022) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (a mass of it in the little field in the middle of the woods).

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (16/04/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (masses of it all along the lane). Another giss.

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (masses of it all along the lane). Flower has lots of finger-like projections to brush pollen off insects, I guess!

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (16/04/2022) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (masses of it all along the lane). Flower has lots of finger-like projections to brush pollen off insects, I guess!

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A less hairy specimen.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A very hairy specimen.

Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Classic leaves. Hairyness does vary and colour does too - greener in the shade, they tend to turn purply-red in the sun.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (30/03/2024) Footbath alongside Southbank Equestrian, Henfield. Classic leaves. Hairyness does vary and colour does too - greener in the shade, they tend to turn purply-red in the sun.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). This one is very hairy - and has turned purplish in the sun.

Ground-Ivy / Ale Hoof (Glechoma hederacea) (15/04/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). This one is very hairy - and has turned purplish in the sun.