Heal-All, Self-Heal

Prunella vulgaris L.

Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

▲ mature, flowering plants about 8-12 inches tall (lax stems)

▲ flower

▲dried inflorescence/fruit

Heal-All, Self-heal:  (pp. 346-347 in Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 250-251 in Weeds of the Northeast)

·         creeping perennial weed with rhizomes growing about  6-24 inches tall in moist, partly shaded sites (lawns, streambanks, roadsides, pastures)

·         ca n tolerate mowing and grazing, forming large, short-stemmed (mat-like) colonies with short internodes between more oval-shaped leaves

·         when grown uncut/ungrazed, has opposite, lanceolate leaves

·         a medicinal plant brought to U.S. by European settlers