What is this clover or ivy-like plant?

Question

This plant grows about 1 inch tall, and creeps along the ground. It grows very well in shade and almost as well in sun. It grows well in poor soil. Floods from poor drainage don't bother it. Its flowers are very different than ordinary white clover flowers. They're more like ordinary garden flowers, with ordinary petals, except that they're much smaller, and are a very pretty bright blue-violet color. They start blooming when the ground thaws in the spring, and bloom for about two months. The leaves are close to the size and color of clover leaves.

If you don't know what plant it is, do you know an online reference that could help identify it?

Answer 1

Might be ground ivy (called Creeping Charlie in the Midwest), Glechoma hederacea (sometimes spelled Glecoma). Try a search and see if it matches your plant.

Answer 2

It is a Dutch Day Lily, you can see it if you look at blue flowers. It is considered a weed but I always thought it was pretty in NC and let it grow. 2 Dutch brothers discovered it and it has a huge long name after both of the brothers. If I chose wrong sorry, a picture would help.

Answer 3

I believe what you have is Lamium Amplexicaule, also known as "henbit," or "Creeping Charlie." It's considered a weed and is near impossible to get rid of post-emergent. The ones we have in the lab grow taller than one inch, but the ones in my yard are exactly as you say. The flowers remind most people of little orchids.

It grows by runners and drops seed, and is quite aggressive.

Answer 4

this isn't enough information at all. i need to know what shape the leaves and flowers are.

Answer 5

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