Common Name: Self-Heal

Latin Name: Prunella vulgaris

Height: 12 - 20 inches tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Purple

Bloom Time: June - September

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Moist

Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade

Spreads via seeds, division, or stolon rooting.

Host Plant: Gray Marvel moth caterpillar.

Pollinators: Halictid bees collect pollen. Other visitors include long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, small butterflies (usually Whites and Sulfurs), and skippers.

Other Information: Makes a great ground cover since it easily spreads. The plant has a bitter taste so it is rarely eaten by mammals (deer and rabbit resistant). Native Americans used this plant as a fever reducer.