Prunella vulgaris L.

English: Common selfheal

German: Gemeine Braunelle

Mandarin: 夏枯草 (xia ku cao)

Portuguese: Brunéla, Consolda-menor, Erva-férrea

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)

      Order: Lamiales (171)

        Family: Lamiaceae (93)(family description)

          Genus: Prunella (1)

            Epithet: vulgaris L. (14)

vulgaris => common, everyday

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

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• [13] Prunella vulgaris, Lamiaceae - Carl Axel Magnus Lindman: Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1901-1905)
• [650] Prunella vulgaris - Plants For A Future database
• [1776] Prunella vulgaris - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.
• [30] Lippert,W., Podlech,D. (1994): Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, London, UK.
• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.