This is a common plant of shady areas which will be found prostrate with long stolons sending it to a new location or partially clambering up nearby vegetation.

G. hederacea is found throughout England and Wales. In Scotland it is very common except for the far north and in Ireland records are fewer in the west coastal areas.

Verge in Newborough Forest 28th March 2005

Added on 30th March 2005, updated 27th January 2009, updated 2nd April 2010