Glechoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1753.

The stems are prostrate or upright and bear leaf blades on long petioles.

The tubular corolla has two lobed lips,[3] and is generally blue-violet.

[5] Glechoma is said to derive from the Greek name glechon for pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium.

[6] Insects found on Glechoma include the carpenter bee Xylocopa sinensis, which robs nectar from G.