Prunella vulgaris L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Selfheal
- 🇫🇷 Herbe Catois
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superasterids
- Clade: Asterids
- Clade: Lamiids
- Order: Lamiales
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Subfamily: Nepetoideae
- Tribe: Mentheae
- Subtribe: Prunellinae
- Genus: Prunella
- Species: Prunella vulgaris
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Global): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with P. grandiflora (L.) Turra, 1764, whose flowers have a longer corolla (20-25 mm), while those of P. vulgaris have a shorter corolla (10-15 mm).
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- P. vulgaris subsp. asiatica (Nakai) H.Hara, 1948;
- P. vulgaris subsp. hispida (Benth.) Hultén, 1971;
- P. vulgaris subsp. lanceolata (W.P.C.Barton) Piper & Beattie, 1915;
- P. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris L., 1753, P.
Hybridizes with:
- P. grandiflora (L.) Turra, 1764 to produce P. × surrecta Dumort., 1827, P;
- P. hyssopifolia L., 1753 to produce P. × gentianifolia Pau, 1904, P;
- P. laciniata (L.) L., 1763 to produce P. × intermedia Link, 1791, P.
Photographs
Sources
Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). Prunella vulgaris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2016. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203256A78457152.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 805). Biotope.