OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_209

        

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_317

        

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

JK Marlow    jkm0506l_12b

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

JK Marlow    jkm0506l_14

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

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).

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

JK Marlow    jkm0407a_22

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

JK Marlow    jkm0407p_20

July    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

JK Marlow    jkm0407p_21

July    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

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).

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

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).

image of Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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