Family |
Lamiaceae
Prunella vulgaris
L.
Prunella vulgaris L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 600 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 128, Pl. LVIII, 4; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Perennial herb with a creeping underground system and low ascending stems, rarely exceeding 15–20 cm in Mouterde's regional account. Hairless or slightly hairy.
Leaves: Stalked and oblong, entire or very slightly toothed; stem leaves spaced apart.
Inflorescence & flowers: Ovate to oblong spikes with rounded, membranous, hairy-edged bracts ending abruptly in a short point. The upper calyx lip has very short teeth; lower teeth are lanceolate. Corolla violet, 10–15 mm long, projecting only a short distance beyond the calyx.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering June–August.
Habitat & elevation: Moist places close to water.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Beirut, Abey, Safa, Ain Zehalta, Bikfaya, Dimane, Ehden, Hasroun, Ban, Zahle pass, Aakoura, Sannine–Kneisse, Falougha, Ehden forest, Taanayel, Zahle, Sannine and Bekish.
Syrian distribution: Froulok, Kessab and El Hame.
Native range: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya.
Introduced into: Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Colombia, Falkland Is., Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Peru, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Venezuela.