Selfheal - Prunella vulgaris
Description
Low to short, patch forming, usually hairy plant, flowering stems ascending to erect. Flowers usually deep violet blue, 13 to 15 mm long, the flowerheads immediately subtended by a pair of leaves. Calyx with fine pointed teeth.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassy habitats, banks, roadside verges, meadows, lawns.
When to see it
June to November.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Very common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 554 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham CalowJubilee Walk Leire08 July 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson21 June 2012
Graham CalowWitherley18 June 2015
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley15 June 2011
Graham CalowDunton Bassett Quarry16 July 2015rare white form
David NichollsCloud Wood24 June 2011
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Graham CalowB4669, Sapcote06 June 2014
HAPeacockCity Farm - Cow Field26 June 2012 Near M69 Traffic Island Sapcote SP 4627 9384 (taken 15.6.2006)..,.JPG)
Graham CalowM69 Island, Sapcote15 June 2006
HAPeacockCity Farm - Cow Field26 June 2012
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley31 May 2011
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley15 June 2011
David NichollsFosse Meadows08 July 2011
Barbara CooperHolwell Nature Reserve20 June 2012
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley24 June 2011
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire05 August 2011
Alan SemperHarby, Langar La01 July 2012
Alan SemperHarby, Langar La01 July 2012
HAPeacockLeicester Garden17 July 2012
David GouldNarborough Bog01 July 2014
David GouldCroft Hill, Leics17 July 2014
David GouldAylestone Playing Fields, Leicester.04 September 2014
David GouldNarborough Bog01 July 2014
Graham CalowWitherley18 June 2015
Graham CalowChurch Lane, Wigston Parva11 June 2016
 Near M69 Traffic Island Sapcote SP 4627 9384 (taken 15.6.2006)..,.JPG)
