Common name:
Selfheal
Family:
Scientific name:
Prunella vulgaris
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Woodland, fields, grassland, waste ground
Flowers:
The inflorescence is a compact, terminal, slightly elongated cluster of tubular, purple corollas, reddish-purple calyces and purple bracts, lined with long white hairs. Calyces have two long lower teeth and three much shorter, bristle-tipped upper teeth. The upper corolla lip is somewhat folded inwards along the midline, while the lower lip is divided into three lobes, the middle wider, and fringed. Occasionally the flowers are white
Leaves:
Ovate, opposite, stalked, hairy underneath, generally untoothed
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
