Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie: Weed or flower of value and history?

In this video I visit a mowed area in a local park in early spring.  Many spring flowers grow vigorously before grasses have really begun growing and before leaves are out on trees.  Too many these are simply "weeds" to be mowed, sprayed, or dug up and discarded.  Many of these are in fact, technically, invasive exotic species and all have names, fascinating biology and cultural histories.  Many of these "lawn weeds" where once valuable enough to have been carefully brought her as seeds as part of kitchen, herb, and medicinal l gardens for early settlers.   Native species where often used by indigenous peoples.  Each flower can be appreciated for their singular beauty in themselves.   This video focuses on Gill-over-the ground, also know as creeping charlie or ground ivy.  How to recognize and identify this plant and where it can be found is revealed as well as how and why it has these common names.  Historical uses and how it can continue to be used is described.

My discussion in this video is not as a guide for eating local plants but as an introduction and report of known uses.  If you wish to learn about eating these plants please see videos and consult with experts on foraging who can explain what, when,  and how to eat and how to harvest and prepare confirmed species.
Glechoma hederacea

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