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§1 Plant

Prunella vulgaris L.

vernacular common selfheal — species · Lamiaceae

USDA
PRVU
GBIF
5341297
Rank
species
common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
Platephotograph · kenbuchholzCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Lamiaceae Martinov
Genus
Prunella
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,055 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 1055 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
115 min.
Precipitation
16–55 in/yr
pH range
5.4–8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Stoloniferous
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Gray-Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Green
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
668,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
Yes
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,055 counties across 27 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 96 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 43 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 52 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 78 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 53 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PRVU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5341297 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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