- Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)

- Creeping, downy perennial of short grassland and woodland rides on calcareous or neutral soils. Widespread and common throughout. Leaves are paired and oval. The blue-violet flowers are borne in dense clusters, on leafy stems, June to October. Height up to 20cm

This low creeping mat-forming downy perennial that is popular with insects and is a member of the mint family Creeping, downy perennial of short grassland and woodland rides on calcareous or neutral soils. Widespread and common throughout. Leaves oval, 5 cm long and sometimes blunty toothed; borne in opposite pairs. The blue-violet Flowers are 13-15 mm long, two-lipped and violet-blue: borne in short, dense and cylindrical heads. Flower bracts persist after flowers have dropped. June - October. Height up to 20 cm Self-heal grows in meadows, in hedgerows and in ditches, and is very tolerant of poor soils. It will even persist in grass paths subject to frequent walking.

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