Selfheals
Botanical name: Prunella
Selfheals
Botanical name: Prunella
Description
Selfheals are a group of low-growing plants in the mint family. Hardy and rapidly spreading when given a sufficiently moist environment, many selfheals have become invasives in locations where they have been introduced. In fact, these species are most commonly encountered as lawn weeds but also spread rapidly as a groundcover in grasslands and wetlands.
Species of Selfheals
Common selfheal
Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) is a flowering herb found in temperate habitats. It grows along roadsides, wastelands, and is also often planted in gardens. Young common selfheal leaves can be used as salad constituents or cooked in soups and stews. It is best to wash the bitter tannin off the leaves before eating them. An olive-colored dye can be made using the stems.
Bigflower selfheal
Bees and butterflies are attracted to bigflower selfheal's nectar- and pollen-rich flowers. This perennial is well-suited to the front of borders as the purple flowers soften the sharp edges. As it requires little care, it is also perfect for cottage gardens with lots of direct sunlight.
Hyssop-leaved self-heal
Hyssop-leaved self-heal is a Mediterranean climate native that produces attractive purple flowers in early summer. Hyssop-leaved self-heal is named for the resemblance of its leaves to those of the hyssop. Its leaves set this plant apart from other members of the prunella genus since they are uniquely elongated and pointed.
Asian self-heal
The Kleine Braunelle is an evergreen, mostly perennial herbaceous plant. It forms rooted aboveground foothills, with which it can also propagate vegetatively. The 5 to 30 centimeters long stem is ascending and sparsely hairy. The opposite arranged leaves are divided into petiole and leaf blade.
Cut leaved self heal
The perennial herbaceous plant has a short, richly rooted basal axis. The stems (at least on the edges), the leaves, bracts and goblets are usually fairly densely covered with white, somewhat frizzy limb hairs. The stem is ascending to upright, often branchy and 5 to 30 cm high.
Scientific Classification
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