Edible: Leaves, Leaves - tea, Flowers
A creeping herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has short underground stems or rhizomes which then produce upright stems. It can be slightly hairy. The stems can be 50 cm long. They are square or flattened in cross section and purple in colour. The leaves are oval and can be slightly scalloped. They have leaf stalks. The flowers are deep blue or purple but can be white. They grow in spikes. They are surrounded by rounded bracts with a long tapering point. They are purplish and with white bristles underneath.
It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist shaded and partly shaded ground. In Argentina it grows between 200-1,200 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 3-9. Tasmania Herbarium. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Common Names: Self Heal, Healall, All-heal, Brinola, Brunela, Czemborek, Metspiparmunt, Prunela
Synonyms:
Prunella incisa;