ground cover plant ID needed

[RobertFlak]

My lawn is carpeted with this stuff but can't determine what it is. North Carolina = Zone 8
Can get up to 9" high.

 

[TammyJ]

Don't know but I hope someone else will!

 

[Iochroma]

Might be "betony" - Stachys officinalis
Flower photos are important for ID.

 

[RobertFlak]

My lawn is carpeted with this stuff but can't determine what it is. North Carolina = Zone 8
Can get up to 9" high.

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I think it may be this
Prickly Sida

http://www.sandsofiowa.com/images/E0240401/Prickly_Sida.pdf

 

[RobertFlak]

Prickly SIda is not listed in the TortoiseTableUK database.
Would anyone know if it is edible?
Its also called Tea Weed. A type of unusual looking Mallow.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

It looks remarkably like a weed that I encounter in my yard here in Florida and my tortoises mow right through it.