Calflora: Prunella vulgaris

Prunella vulgaris L.

Selfheal, common selfheal, self heal

Prunella vulgaris, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Communities:	weed, species characteristic of disturbed places, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:	Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 7500 feet
Family:	LAMIACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Prunella found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Prunella vulgaris from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (PRVU)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database