Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements:	Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences:	Wet Mesic Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height:	1-2 feet
Plant Spread:	it has a creeping habit and can spread
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Flower Color:	Purple
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer
Underground structures:	Rhizome Taproot
Uses:	Groundcover Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity:	Other: Bitter-tasting
Propagation: Seeds:	Stratify seeds: 1 month cold moist treatment Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting Other info: May germinate without stratification.
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Layering Division
Pollinators:	Moths and Butterflies Bees

Common names

Self-heal
Heal All
Thimble flower
Hook Heal
Hook Weed
Brownwort
Carpenter Weed
Blue Curls
Heart of the Earth
Self Heal
Common Selfheal
Heal-all
Dragon head

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Location: Roadside, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-10-26
Fall rebloom

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Location: Riverhead, NY
Date: 2016-07-05
used as ground cover on the way to birdfeeder.

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Location: Riverhead, NY
Date: 2016-07-05
When not used as ground cover, this will bloom; long-view is dece

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Location: Southern Pines, NC Connecticut Avenue near Tremont road Horse country
Date: June 27, 2022
Self-heal #259; RAB p. 905, 164-12-1; LHB p. 853, 176-10-3, "Name

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Location: Southern Pines, NC Connecticut Avenue near Tremont road Horse country
Date: June 28, 2022
Self-heal #259; RAB p. 905, 164-12-1; LHB p. 853, 176-10-3, "Name

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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-02-24

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-09-27

Uploaded by Joy

Location: No.Calif amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2009 July
wild Prunella vulgaris

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Location: No.Calif amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2009 July
Prunella vulgaris in the wild

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Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 29, 2023
Self-heal #259; RAB p. 905, 164-12-1; LHB p. 853, 176-10-3, "Name

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-09-03

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-03-10
Some plants showing up with variegated leaves.

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Location: Norhteastern, Texas
Date: May 23, 2010
Closer look at blooms

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Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2014-07-10

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-08-05

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-15

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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-05-20
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Location: My Garden, Washington State
Date: 2017-08-31

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Location: Anacortes, Washington
Date: 2014-07-16
On a hike to Whistling Lake

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-07

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-05-26
Flower cluster from the side.

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-05-26
Close up of flower.

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
New plant in winter.

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Location: Lake Louise, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-03

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-03-28

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Date: 2003-05-20
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Posted by Sharon (Calvert City, KY - Zone 7a) on Nov 15, 2011 9:49 PM concerning plant:

Heal-all is a low-growing plant; most consider it a common lawn weed. It thrives in moist wasteland and grass, and spreads easily and quickly. It's a member of the mint family and has a square stem, common to mints. Some species are used to treat a range of minor disorders, giving it its common name. It was used by Native Americans for a variety of traditional medicinal treatments which haven't been scientifically proven, but Prunella vulgaris has been shown to be an antioxidant, immune stimulant, viral replication inhibitor and an anti-inflammatory agent. It is still being clinically tested for these uses.

Prunella species are also used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species.

Some also use the leaves as a food source in salads. (Slightly bitter tasting)

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Posted by Whitebeard (Riverhead, NY - Zone 7a) on Jul 5, 2016 7:18 PM concerning plant:

It's effective as ground cover, and tolerates foot traffic. Growth that's walked on will not bloom.

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Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Jul 16, 2014 7:43 PM concerning plant:

Native in the Pacific Northwest, found at forest edges, roadsides, clearings, and fields.

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