Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Prunella at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Additional herbarium work is needed to clearly determine the relative ranges, distributions, habitats, and abundances of the two varieties, var. vulgaris and var. lanceolata, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-12-001?:
Prunella vulgaris FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunella vulgaris
COMMON NAME:
American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_209
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_317
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JK Marlow jkm0506l_12b
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0506l_14
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1145
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Principal or median cauline leaves cuneate at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm0407a_22
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0407p_20
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0407p_21
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090726_055
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla's upper lip is hoodlike, arching over the 4 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090726_055b
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla's lower lip is bent downward and its median lobe is fringed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0408c_20
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Principal or median cauline leaves lanceolate to oblong, 2-5× (avg. 3) long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-12-001?:
Prunella vulgaris
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunella vulgaris
1156
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, pastures, roadsides, bottomland forests; other forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & often basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower three-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p088?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p378
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p534
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p078?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p406
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p203?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p080?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p216?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p239
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p224?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p267?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p431
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p143?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p133?
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