Glechoma hederacea
E424987
Glechoma hederacea is a creeping perennial herb in the mint family commonly known as ground-ivy, often found in lawns and woodland edges across Europe and parts of North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glechoma hederacea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4247013 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glechoma hederacea Context triple: [Lamiaceae, contains, Glechoma hederacea]
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A.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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B.
Viola tricolor
Viola tricolor is a small European wildflower in the violet family, commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease, noted for its tricolored petals and traditional medicinal and ornamental uses.
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C.
Mentha spicata
Mentha spicata is a species of mint commonly known as spearmint, widely used as a culinary herb and flavoring agent for its aromatic, refreshing leaves.
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D.
Gaultheria
Gaultheria is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their aromatic foliage and often brightly colored, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Lychnis
Lychnis is a small genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, known for their brightly colored, often ornamental garden species.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Glechoma hederacea Target entity description: Glechoma hederacea is a creeping perennial herb in the mint family commonly known as ground-ivy, often found in lawns and woodland edges across Europe and parts of North America.
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A.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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B.
Viola tricolor
Viola tricolor is a small European wildflower in the violet family, commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease, noted for its tricolored petals and traditional medicinal and ornamental uses.
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C.
Mentha spicata
Mentha spicata is a species of mint commonly known as spearmint, widely used as a culinary herb and flavoring agent for its aromatic, refreshing leaves.
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D.
Gaultheria
Gaultheria is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the heath family known for their aromatic foliage and often brightly colored, berry-like fruits.
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E.
Lychnis
Lychnis is a small genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, known for their brightly colored, often ornamental garden species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creeping plant
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| commonName |
alehoof
ⓘ
creeping Charlie ⓘ gill-over-the-ground ⓘ ground-ivy ⓘ |
| contains |
essential oils
ⓘ
tannins ⓘ terpenoids ⓘ |
| dispersal |
seed dispersal
ⓘ
vegetative spread ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact | can be invasive in lawns ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | ground cover ⓘ |
| family | Lamiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | bluish-violet ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | bilateral ⓘ |
| genus | Glechoma ⓘ |
| growthForm | creeping stoloniferous herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
hedgerows
ⓘ
lawns ⓘ waste ground ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| introducedTo | North America ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite ⓘ |
| leafMargin | crenate ⓘ |
| leafShape | round to kidney-shaped ⓘ |
| leafSurface | hairy ⓘ |
| leafType | simple ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| lightRequirement |
tolerates shade
ⓘ
tolerates sun ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
Western Asia ⓘ |
| odor | mint-like ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales ⓘ |
| perenniality | overwinters as evergreen or semi-evergreen foliage ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual via seeds
ⓘ
vegetative via stolons ⓘ |
| soilPreference | moist soils ⓘ |
| stemType |
creeping
ⓘ
square ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
beer flavoring historically
ⓘ
culinary herb historically ⓘ traditional herbal medicine ⓘ |
| weedStatus | common lawn weed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Glechoma hederacea Description of subject: Glechoma hederacea is a creeping perennial herb in the mint family commonly known as ground-ivy, often found in lawns and woodland edges across Europe and parts of North America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.