Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Prunella vulgaris x laciniata = P. x intermedia

Family

Lamiaceae

Flowering season

June to August

English distribution

It is thinly scattered and found mainly in the South.

For a map see the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland –

Hybrid Selfheal

Habitat

It grows mainly on calcareous grassland and is found

where both parents grow or where Cut-leaved Selfheal

used to grow.

Description

Hybrid Selfheal is a native hybrid between Selfheal and

Cut-leaved Selfheal and grows up to 30cm.

Those shown here have flowers a lighter shade of mauve

than Selfheal and the divided leaves of Cut-leaved Selfheal.

Similarly, they can have the creamy white flowers of Cut-leaved

Selfheal and the entire leaves of Selfheal.

The botanical literature is not definite as to whether Hybrid

Selfheal spreads by both rhizome and fertile seed. At least

some of the hybrid plants shown here have anthers and

stigmas.