I didn't realize that this ubiquitous creeper was the same "gill over the ground" that papermakers had mentioned on the Papermaking List. I gathered a batch. I cooked it in my large stainless steel pot for about 90 minutes hours in washing soda.
I blendered it and it made crisp green sheets-more refined than ragweed or dandelion.
Glechoma hederacea L. ground ivy
Symbol: GLHE2
Group: Dicot
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plantsDivision Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida - DicotyledonsSubclass Asteridae -
Order Lamiales -Family Lamiaceae - Mint family
Genus Glechoma L. - glechomaSpecies Glechoma hederacea L. - ground ivy,creeping charlie, ground ivy, gill-over-the-ground, haymaids
This info from USDA Plants database.
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