Self-heal
Brunelle à feuilles d’hysope
Area
of distribution is limited to SW France and NE Spain
It
has narrow, sessile leaves as opposed to P. grandiflora or P. vulgaris which
have broader leaves
In
the mint family with square stems
The
common name of ‘self-heal’ derives from it’s use in herbal medicine to heal
wounds and inflammations
Prunella species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera
species including Coleophora albitarsella
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Flower spike, 5.21.13, Lacoste valley
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