Heal-All

Heal-All, Self-Heal

Prunella vulgaris L.

Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

▼▲ mature, flowering plants about 8-12 inches tall (lax stems)

▲ flower

▲ dried inflorescence/fruit

Heal-All, Self-heal:

creeping perennial weed with rhizomes growing about 6-24 inches tall in moist, partly shaded sites (lawns, streambanks, roadsides, pastures)
ca n tolerate mowing and grazing, forming large, short-stemmed (mat-like) colonies with short internodes between more oval-shaped leaves
when grown uncut/ungrazed, has opposite, lanceolate leaves
a medicinal plant brought to U.S. by European settlers