COMMON SELF-HEAL

Class: Prunella vulgaris

Family: MINT FAMILY

Sub Family: Lamiaceae, Labiatae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Heal-all, Carpenter Weed

Colour: Purple, bluish-purple to pink

Height: 7.5-40 cm (3-16")

Each Flower: 1.3-2.5 cm (1/2-1") long, tubular, with 2 lips; upper lip forms hood enclosing 4 stamens, lower lip has broad, fringed central lobe either side; often purplish-tinged; 2-lobed calyx, upper lobe sharply, shallowly 3-toothed, narrow lower lobe, deeply 2-toothed

Leaves: Opposite, with stalks; blades lance-shaped or pointed-oval, 2-9 cm (3/4-3 1/2") long, 7 mm-4 cm (1/4-1 1/2") broad

Stems: Erect or lying on ground, square, slightly hairy

Blooming Period: May - September

Habitat: From lower to middle elevations in damp meadows, lakesides, and streambanks

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