Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Lamiaceae
Also called Self-heal, Self heal, Heal-all, Common Self Heal, Lawn prunella
When it flowers
Flowers April to December in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. & Subtrop. Northern Hemisphere to C. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, violetRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -15 °C (USDA zone 7b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Black cherryFlowers January to March, when this does not
ElderFlowers January to March, when this does not
Glossy abeliaFlowers January to March, when this does not
Japanese honeysuckleFlowers January to March, when this does not
Memorial RoseFlowers January to March, when this does not
PurslaneFlowers January to March, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Dutch
- Brunel, Gewone brunel, gewone brunel
- French
- Brunelle commune, brunelle commune, Brunelle vulgaire
- German
- Gemeine Braunelle, Gewöhnliche Braunelle, Kleine Braunelle
- Italian
- Brunella comune, Prunella comune
- Spanish
- Bretónica, consuelda menor, brunela
- root
- PRUVUL, zolda, healall
- Finnish
- niittyhumala, ahoniittyhumala, Ahoniittyhumala
- Russian
- Черноголовка обыкновенная
- Swedish
- Brunört, Skogshumle
- Chinese
- 夏枯草, 山菠菜, 夏枯草属
- Czech
- černohlávek obecný
- Greek
- Προυνέλλα η κοινή, Βουτυρόχορτο, Πισπιρήγα
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Prunella vulgaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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