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Bayer Code : pruvu

Scientific name: Prunella vulgaris L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Labiatae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: selfheal

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Gemeine Braunelle ; ES : hierba de las heridas ; FR : brunelle commune ; IT : prunella comune ; PT : erva-férrea ; EN : selfheal ; NL : gewone brunel ;

Biological type: Biennial, Perennial

Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons spatulate.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, more or less dentate.

Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 5-45 cm.

- Stem 4-angled, erect.

- Leaves opposite, 2 cm broad, petioled, ovate or oblong, cuneate or rounded at base, obscurely veined, the upper pair surrounding the spike.

- Flowers blue-purple, rather small. Calyx slightly bristly, upper lip 3-toothed, obscure teeth : the middle broad, subtruncate, abruptly apiculate, and the lower is cut till the half into 2 lobes. Corolla 20-25 mm.

- Biological type: biennial or perennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Spain  Rare     France  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Rare    

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