Scientific Name | Prunella vulgaris | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PRVU |
Common Name | Common Selfheal | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32381 |
Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | SEINet Reference |
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Description | Habitat: Various soil types (except calcareous), moist areas in meadows, along streambanks, open woodlands, and along roadsides. Plant: Perennial with one or more erect, ascending or reclining stems from a leafy base; 4 to 24 inches tall. Leaves: Opposite, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate blades 3/4 to 2-3/4 inches long and about 1/3 as wide; tips are acute to rounded; on petioles 3/8 to 1-inch long. Inflorescence: Dense terminal spikes 3/4 to 3-1/8 inches long and 3/8 to 3/4-inch across with a number of tubular flowers, each about 1/2-inch long; corollas are irregular-shaped; upper lip is blue to purple, lower lip is spreading and has 3 lobes, the 2 side lobes are smaller and light blue to lavender, the center lobe white to lavender with fringed edges; purple-tipped stamens and a white style along the inside of the upper lip; the sparsely hairy calyx is bell-shaped, about 3/8-inch long, green to purple; the flowers are subtended by roundish, green to purple-tinged bracts with bristly hairs along the edges. Bloom Period: April to June. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Minnesota Wildflowers and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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