Scientific name: Prunella vulgaris L.

Common name: Selfheal

Family: Lamiaceae; Mint

Origin: Native

Habitat: roadsides

Prunella vulgaris L., on the Road of Remembrance, "Old Stretch Road" at the Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry, Georgia; July 6, 2009.

Comments: There is herbarium specimen of Prunella vulgaris L. at John D. Freeman Herbarium (AUA), Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama collected in Floyd County, Georgia, and identified by Alvin W. Chapman (1809-1899) in: 1872, 1881,or in 1890'.

Last updated on January 13, 2011.

References :
1. Fernald, Merritt L. Gray's Manual of Botany 8ed. New York: D.Van Nostrand, 1970: 1225
2. Auburn University Herbarium ( http://www.auburn.edu/herbarium/), Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
3. Image by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Botanical Exploration in Floyd County, Georgia
A.W. Chapman collection from Floyd County, Georgia


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